An ICE agent identified by his ex-wife as David Michael Brouillette is under scrutiny after he fatally shot 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. Multiple reports describe Brouillette as having a prior law enforcement and public-safety background and as a licensed real estate agent. ICE reportedly hired him earlier this year. According to Ashley Brouillette, she recognized him after he contacted her and later identified him as the shooter. She says he told her the shooting was justified because Guerrero tried to hit him with a car and urged her to lie and cover for him. The same accounts include allegations from relatives and court-related statements describing a pattern of violence and abuse by Brouillette toward multiple partners and children, including incidents in which he was accused of throwing boiling water, stalking and harassing, and attacking or dragging family members. Some sources also cite claims about his mental health, including reports of severe bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder, and past hospitalizations or disability treatment. NPR also reports that an ex-wife describes him as holding racist beliefs and having violent tendencies. Details about the shooting investigation and background checks are still developing.
ICE agent David Brouillette identified in Biddeford, Maine fatal shooting
An ICE agent identified by his ex-wife as David Michael Brouillette is under scrutiny after he fatally shot 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine. Multiple reports describe Br...
- David Michael Brouillette is identified by his ex-wife as the ICE agent who fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine.
- After the shooting, Brouillette contacted his ex-wife and urged her to lie and cover for him, according to reporting.
- Relatives and court-related accounts describe alleged abuse and violent behavior by Brouillette toward multiple family members, including allegations involving physical assaults and harassment.
- Several accounts describe longstanding mental health concerns and prior treatment, including claims of severe bipolar disorder and other diagnoses.
- ICE reportedly hired Brouillette earlier this year, and he previously worked in law enforcement and public-safety roles.
Ashley Brouillette has identified her ex-husband, David Brouillette, as the officer who fatally shot Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday. She said she learned he was the officer responsible when he called her on Wednesday.
5 hours agoNew details are emerging about the ICE agent who shot and killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero on Monday. David Brouillette has a history of violent and abusive behavior, his relatives told the Associated Press, including attacks on the women and girls in his life. His first ex-wife, Ashley Brouillette, said that she divorced him after he became violent with her while she was pregnant with their daughter. In one instance, she told the AP, he threw boiling water at her while she was holding their daughter, which her mother Avis Collins also confirmed. In court records, another of Brouillette’s ex-wives also alleged years of physical and verbal abuse against her and her daughters. The AP did not identify her because she fears retaliation. Brouilette’s second ex-wife said he stalked and harassed her, and engaged in physical and verbal abuse against his daughter, forcing them to seek temporary protection orders. Brouillette allegedly tackled his teenage daughter, smashed spaghetti in her hair, and one in instance, dragged her around the house while she was crying. “Dave needs counseling or something for his PTSD & depression,” the ex-wife wrote while applying for a temporary protective order on behalf of Brouillette’s teenage daughter, which a judge granted in 2021. Brouilette’s oldest daughter, Madison, also told the AP about her father’s mental health issues. “I saw my dad struggle with a lot of things,” she said, recalling one instance where she came home from school and he told her that he had sat on a tree stump holding a gun to his head. “If you don’t really, truly take care of yourself, there’s no way you can protect other people. And with my dad, he never wanted to get help.” One relative anonymously told the AP that Brouillette was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and severe bipolar disorder as a kid, which Ashley Brouillette confirmed. That relative said that David Brouillette was “extremely mentally ill,” attempting suicide when he was 12 years old and having to go to the hospital. His ex-wife Ashley shared a three-minute voicemail with the AP from last winter where told her that he thought someone should slit her throat. In that message, sent around the time he joined ICE, he called her “disgusting” and said that she and other women and girls in her “bloodline” should die.“And all of you should have your f—king throats cut,” Brouillette voicemail said. “Yeah, you should. Am I threatening that I’m gonna do that? Nope. Nope. But do I think that you should have your f—king throats cuts? Or should have had them cut? Yep.”Brouillette reached out to Ashley and his daughter Madison after the shooting, telling them it was justified and that Durán Guerrero tried to run him over with a car. In those calls, he told his ex-wife to lie for him and to cover for his “character.” Based on his history, that was a lost cause.
12 hours agoThe ICE agent who shot and killed a 26-year-old in Biddeford, Maine, is a former police officer who his ex-wife says was abusive.David Michael Brouillette was identified by his ex-wife, Ashley Brouillette, as the ICE agent who fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, the Portland Press-Herald reports. Ashley told the newspaper over the phone Thursday afternoon that her former husband had called her admitting to the shooting and defending his actions.“He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character,” Ashley Brouillette said to the Press-Herald. “I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with his car.“In his head it’s justified. He’s unusually calm about it,” she said, adding that she had seen videos of the incident and did not believe his story.David Brouillette is a licensed real estate agent and veteran who has worked for law enforcement and public safety agencies in the past. His former wife said that she had warned his military superiors about his mental health, and that he was abusive to her. ICE reportedly hired Brouillette earlier this year.Brouillette previously worked as a police officer at a Department of Veterans Affairs facility in Chelsea, Maine, in 2021. As an Army veteran, he had been receiving disability benefits through the VA, and told a judge he had to resign as a truck driver before January 2025 due to health concerns.In 2024 and 2025, he was a volunteer firefighter in Manchester, Maine, only working there for two short stints before being removed due to disputes with department leadership, including a shouting match and refusing to follow superiors’ orders.
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