Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian man, is identified as the person shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Biddeford, Maine, according to CBS News and local reporting cited by The Guardian. The incident occurs as questions continue about what happened during the encounter. CBS News reports that officials allege Guerrero “attempted to flee the scene” when ICE stopped him, while witnesses provide differing accounts of the moments after the shooting. CBS News also reports that protests erupt in Maine following Guerrero’s death and that demands grow for an investigation into the incident.
Multiple outlets describe the killing as the second time within a week that ICE agents have fatally shot a civilian. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is cited in CBS reporting as laying out the agency’s version of events, but details remain contested based on witness accounts. The reporting emphasizes that the investigation is ongoing and that authorities have not resolved the conflicting descriptions of the encounter yet.
