What we know so far
• Victim identified after DHS speaks out: Federal agents shot and killed a 25-year-old Colombian man — identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero by a neighbor — during an immigration enforcement operation in Maine on Monday morning. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired his weapon “fearing for public safety” as the victim “attempted to flee the scene,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement nearly 12 hours after the incident.
• Conflicting accounts: Guerrero was “NOT the target of the warrant,” Sen. Angus King’s office said after the lawmaker again spoke with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. King said earlier, citing a separate conversation with Mullin, that the man was the target of a warrant.
• A young father and husband: Guerrero’s neighbor said the young man, who was headed to work when the shooting happened, lived with his partner and their 3-year-old daughter. “He was a good person,” his neighbor told CNN.
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Two fatal ICE shootings in less than a week. Catch up on Maine and Texas here
Federal agents shot and killed a 25-year-old Colombian man — identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero by a neighbor — during an immigration enforcement operation in Maine on Monday morning. The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26. It was the second such incident in the US in less than a week, coming only days after an agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant, during a traffic stop in Texas.
Fallout from the two incidents – unfolding nearly 2,000 miles apart – also reached Minneapolis, where calls for accountability among Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been reignited following the January shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
From Biddeford, Maine, to Houston, Texas, here’s what you need to know:
MAINE
- Fatal ICE shooting: The Biddeford community is mourning a young father, husband and neighbor after Guerrero was shot by an ICE agent this morning. Local officials have demanded a full and impartial investigation, while protesters took to Biddeford’s streets.
- Feds hours-long silence: The Department of Homeland Security broke its nearly 12 hours of silence following the shooting, saying in a markedly vague statement that the ICE officer fired his weapon “fearing for public safety,” but didn’t share details on why the officer believed the man was a public safety risk.
- Conflicting accounts: The shooting victim was “NOT the target of the warrant,” Sen. Angus King’s office said after the lawmaker again spoke with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. King said earlier, citing a separate conversation with Mullin, that the man was the target of a warrant.
- Surveillance Footage: Video surveillance obtained by The Associated Press appears to show the car carrying a 25-year-old Colombian man who was fatally shot by ICE on Monday as it’s being stopped. Once the vehicle has been stopped, agents can be seen pulling the body from the vehicle and laying it on the ground.
TEXAS
- Nearly two dozen subpoenas: Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said his office has issued nearly 20 subpoenas for evidence and witness testimony as it launches its own investigation into the killing of Salgado Araujo, noting the federal government is not sharing evidence with investigators.
- Shot from the passenger side: Salgado Araujo’s brother, Victor, who was with him when an ICE agent shot and killed him, told Texas immigration attorney Ruby Powers that during the incident, an unidentified individual walked up to the passenger side of the van where Victor was sitting with the window open. The individual said, “Stop,” and immediately fired a weapon, hitting Salgado Araujo.
- International condemnation: The Senate of the Republic of Mexico on Monday condemned incidents related to the actions of US immigration authorities involving the deaths of 17 Mexican citizens during President Donald Trump’s second term, calling for thorough investigations into each incident.
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Man killed in Maine ICE shooting identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero
The man that was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Maine was identified as Joan Sebastian Guerrero, his neighbor, Nelson Elias, told CNN. He was 25; the Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
Elias walked out of his house in Biddeford, Maine, Monday morning to find his neighbor had been shot and killed, after what he described as loud commotion involving law enforcement.
Elias, who says he has known Guerrero since 2024, said he initially heard several gunshots before walking outside to find Guerrero fatally shot on the ground.
“I checked on my family first then I went outside. He was there on the ground. His wife was there screaming and crying next to him. His daughter was there too.”
Elias said Guerrero, who’s from Colombia, lived with his partner and daughter.
Guerrero worked as a delivery driver, Elias told CNN.
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A young father, husband, neighbor: What we know about the man killed in Maine ICE shooting
On the sidewalk near where an ICE agent fatally shot a man Monday morning, people have left flowers and candles for their fallen neighbor. One sign reads, “Immigrants make Biddeford great.”
The identity of the man has not been revealed, with the Office of the Maine Attorney General saying earlier today it would not name him until he has been positively identified and family members are notified.
CNN has learned the victim was a Colombian man headed to work when the shooting occurred, according to the Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition. The group said the young man was authorized to work in the US and was issued a social security number. Federal officials have not confirmed those details. He was 25; the Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
“I am mourning for the individuals impacted, for the family that lost a father, lost a partner, and a community member as well,” Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain told CNN affiliate WGME.
Mary Hayes, who lives near the intersection of the shooting, told The Associated Press that the man lived nearby with his wife and daughter.
“I watched a wife fall to her knees looking at her husband’s dead body on the ground,” Hayes said to the AP, holding a cardboard sign reading “No ICE Stop ICE.”
She added: “I watched a little girl crying with a little pink backpack on because she’s never going to see her father again.”
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CNN’s Mark Morales, Elise Hammond and Sarah Boxer contributed to this report.
Surveillance footage shows federal agents stopping car in Maine shooting scene
Surveillance footage obtained by The Associated Press appears to show the car carrying a 25-year-old Colombian man who was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Monday as it’s being stopped in the streets of Biddeford, Maine. The Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
In the video, the white sedan is seen driving in slow circles at an intersection before another vehicle drives up, blocking the white sedan and bringing it to a stop.
Agents then approach the car and eventually pull the driver from the vehicle, laying the body on the ground.
It’s unclear if the video depicts the actual shooting.
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ICE shot Salgado Araujo through open passenger car window, brother tells attorney
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s brother, Victor, told Texas immigration attorney Ruby Powers that it took 20 to 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive after his brother was shot.
Powers said Victor, who was with Lorenzo on July 7 when an ICE agent shot and killed him, also told her that an unidentified individual walked up to the passenger side of the van where Victor was sitting with the window open. The individual said, “Stop,” and immediately fired a weapon, she told Erin Burnett on Erin Burnett Out Front.
“Victor thought that he had gotten shot,” Powers said, because of how quickly the bullet flew past him before hitting his brother.
Powers added that it wasn’t until after the shooting when Victor was pulled from the vehicle, that he noticed an ICE lanyard hanging from one of the individuals’ necks.
“He really just wants justice for his brother,” Powers said.
CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security.
Latest ICE shooting is result of “overreaching” crackdown, Sen. King says
The fatal shooting of a Colombian man by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Maine is a result of ICE’s quota-based crackdown, Sen. Angus King of Maine told CNN Monday.
“This is a this is a broad sweep with people with a quota. They’ve been told they have to arrest 2000 people a day by the White House,” King told CNN’s John King. “That’s a terrible way, an instruction, to give law enforcement … What happened today in Maine is a result of that kind of overarching.”
King gave credit to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin for correcting his previous statement about the man who was shot being a target of federal law enforcement, but the senator demanded a transparent investigation into what happened.
“The key here is an unvarnished, transparent investigation,” King said. “What were the facts? Did this young man actually try to run over an ICE agent, or was he in danger of running over other people in the street? And was there a reasonable expectation of bodily harm or deadly force to justify this shooting?”
DA says nearly 20 subpoenas issued in Salgado Araujo case
Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said his office has already issued nearly 20 subpoenas for evidence and testimonies as it begins its own investigation into the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot by an ICE agent in Houston last week.
Teare said the federal government is not sharing evidence with his office but added he is confident in its ability to conduct the investigation with more than 100 sworn police officers who can assist.
”We’re working through this as if we would in any other case, and it’s just such a sad commentary that we’re not all in the same room working together to do it,” Teare said.
He added that his office regularly works with the FBI when a law enforcement officer kills a civilian and has never encountered issues with collaboration.
Law enforcement sources left stunned by official DHS statement on Maine shooting
Current and former Homeland Security officials and federal law enforcement officers were stunned Monday evening by the department’s explanation of what unfolded in Maine, where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a man.
The agency said the officer fired his weapon “fearing for public safety,” citing the man attempting to flee in a vehicle. Notably, DHS did not say the driver weaponized his vehicle as the federal agency has said in previous incidents, including in Houston last week. The agency also didn’t provide additional details on what else, if anything, may have constituted a threat.
“Every law enforcement officer in America is scratching their head trying to figure out what that means,” a federal law enforcement source told CNN, stressing that an investigation needs to completed to understand what happened, including from the vantage point of the officer.
Officials and law enforcement sources who spoke with CNN said that it was unclear, based on what DHS publicly released, why the officer fired his weapon.
The DHS use-of-force policy states an officer can use deadly force when he or she “has a reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury.” It also notes that deadly force shouldn’t be used to stop someone who’s fleeing, with some exceptions.
“When you want to arrest someone, this is a good example of how to do everything wrong,” a former law enforcement officer told CNN.
CNN’s Josh Campbell contributed to this report.
Flowers and candles mark where man was shot by ICE agent in Maine
A tribute is popping up at the site where a man was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Biddeford, Maine, earlier today.
On the sidewalk, people have left flowers and candles. One sign reads, “Immigrants make Biddeford great.”
Later, a crowd of people gathered at the intersection. They placed new flowers and some people are holding signs.
Most people are just standing quietly, holding hands or hugging, and paying their respects to the life lost. Several of the candles have been lit.
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Federal agents pull man out of vehicle after shooting in Maine
Video shows federal agents pull the body of a person activists say was a Colombian man from the driver’s side of a vehicle after the person had been fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday. The Colombian Embassy said the man was 25; it initially reported his age as 26.
The video shows two federal agents standing outside the vehicle with the driver’s door open. One agent stands by as the other tries to remove the driver, who ultimately slumps and falls out of the vehicle onto the ground, the video shows. The video then shows the second agent coming over to help the other agent with the victim.
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"The same tactics, the same excuses": Latino leader calls for accountability
The killing of a man in Biddeford, Maine, today by an ICE agent was “another senseless tragedy,” just days after another man was shot by ICE in Houston, said Juan Proaño, the CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens.
“Those officers were never in danger. They were clearly on the side of the vehicle. They were neither in front of the vehicle or behind the vehicle, and there was no high speed chase that was actually involved,” he told CNN.
The Department of Homeland Security said an ICE officer fired his weapon “fearing for public safety” as the victim of Monday’s fatal shooting, in a vehicle, “attempted to flee the scene.”
Proaño warned that this will “continue to escalate until we finally put a stop to it,” and called for every federal agent to wear a body camera “at all times.”
The man had a family, legal status and a work permit, he said. Federal officials have not confirmed those details.
“How long are we going to accept this as a country, as a society that is supposed to be, you know, a leader in the world? We’re not leading,” Proaño said.
This post was updated with additional information.
Maine governor calls for end of ICE actions after report that man killed wasn’t target
Responding to CNN reporting that the man fatally shot by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent this morning was not the target of an operation, Maine Gov. Janet Mills said in a post on X, “This development makes this tragedy even more disturbing and infuriating.”
She continued that “it underscores the reckless and haphazard manner in which immigration enforcement operations are being conducted in Maine and across the country,” adding that enforcement action “has to end.”
As people take to the streets to protest the shooting, she encouraged Mainers to do so peacefully.
ICE officer "fearing for public safety" shot fleeing man, DHS says after hours of silence
An ICE officer fired his weapon “fearing for public safety” as the victim of Monday’s fatal shooting, in a vehicle, “attempted to flee the scene,” the Department of Homeland Security said in its first official statement nearly 12 hours after the incident in Maine.
The department did not share details on why the officer believed the man was a public safety risk.
The man was not the target of the immigration enforcement operation, according to the office of Maine Sen. Angus King, citing a conversation with DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. DHS said it had been conducting surveillance on a last known address of an undocumented immigrant with a final order of removal, when someone departed the residence.
“On July 13, 2026, at approximately 7:00 AM ET, ICE was conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal. An illegal alien departed the residence in a vehicle. ICE law enforcement attempted to conduct a vehicle stop. The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and fearing for public safety an officer discharged his weapon,” the statement said.
Emergency services were contacted after driver was struck by gunfire, DHS said. “He passed away from his injuries.”
“The Biddeford Police Department and FBI responded to the scene. DHS OIG has been notified and like all discharge of firearms this will be investigated,” DHS said “This is a developing situation, and we will update the public when more information is available.”
Mexican Senate condemns deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and other Mexican citizens
The Senate of the Republic of Mexico on Monday condemned incidents related to the actions of US immigration authorities involving the deaths of 17 Mexican citizens, including Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent on July 7.
The Senate called for thorough investigations into each death to determine responsibility and provide justice for the victims and their families, according to a statement shared on X.
Of the 17 Mexican citizens who have died during President Donald Trump’s second term, 14 were in ICE custody and three died in operations carried out by the agency, the Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco said.
The Senate said it will consistently monitor the investigations and request periodic reports from the proper immigration authorities.
Family "lost a father, lost a partner," after fatal ICE-involved shooting in Maine, mayor says
Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain said he is mourning for those affected by the fatal ICE-involved shooting this morning in his Maine city, including the victim’s family.
“I am mourning for the individuals impacted, for the family that lost a father, lost a partner, and a community member as well,” he told CNN affiliate WGME. “I’m going to be calling for – along with other elected officials in our state – for a full and thorough, transparent investigation from the federal government and the involvement of Maine State Police.”
The identity of the man who was killed has not been revealed, with the Office of the Maine Attorney General saying earlier today it would not name the victim until he’s been positively identified and family members are notified.
The latest on the fatal ICE-involved shooting of a Colombian man in Maine
A Colombian man fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Biddeford, Maine, was “NOT the target of the warrant,” Sen. Angus King’s office said after the lawmaker again spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
King said earlier, citing a separate conversation with Mullin, that the man was the target of a warrant.
The man was 25; the Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
Here’s what we know so far about the shooting in Maine:
- A woman’s Ring camera captured the moment gunshots were heard in the Maine shooting. Additionally, an eyewitness near the fatal shooting says she heard gunshots. Laura Peters said she heard people yelling “stop” on her home’s security camera, but the scene was quiet when she got there. Now that she knows what transpired, Peters said she’s afraid for her kids and feels “terror.”
- Hours after gunfire rang through the streets of the small city, details around how the incident unfolded remain scant, and DHS has yet to release a statement about what happened.
- In a statement announcing it is investigating the incident, the Office of the Maine Attorney General said initial statements claim the man who died was attempting to flee in a vehicle “in the direction of the officer” before he was shot. DHS’ Office of Inspector General’s Boston field office has taken over the investigation of the shooting, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said she was told by Mullin.
- Maine officials will “remain tough” in making sure they investigate what took place in Monday’s shooting, the state’s Secretary of State Shenna Bellows told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
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Two men killed in ICE shootings don't appear to be the targets of immigration operations
Over the last week, two men were fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during immigration enforcement operations – but neither appear to have been the direct targets of those operations, according to a source and Maine Sen. Angus King.
Last Tuesday, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed in Houston by an ICE agent while he was on his way to work, but he wasn’t the target of the immigration operation, according to a source with preliminary details about the incident. ICE hasn’t specified if he was a target of the operation.
Texas authorities previously notified ICE about two individuals — neither of whom was Salgado Araujo — traveling in a white van believed to be in the United States without legal status, according to the source, prompting them to surveil the vehicle.
Officials surveilled the target’s address for weeks, where two white vans were seen at the property, a Homeland Security official told CNN. As officers were on their way to the target’s address on July 7, they saw a white van with a person who resembled the target, the official said. The van was registered to Salgado Araujo, who agents determined to be in the country illegally, the source said. This is what led to Tuesday’s confrontation.
While many details of Monday’s shooting in Maine aren’t known, Maine Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the man was “NOT the target of the warrant,” according to the senator’s office.
King had told reporters earlier in the day the man fatally shot by agents was the target of a warrant, citing a conversation with Mullin. CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for more information on the shooting, which is yet to release information on what happened Monday.
Eyewitness near fatal Maine ICE shooting says she heard gunshots
A witness who lives near the scene where Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot a Colombian man in Biddeford, Maine, said she heard gunshots.
Laura Peters said that she initially thought a car backfired.
“I was getting my DoorDash and I thought I heard a car backfiring, and I asked the DoorDash driver if that was a car. He said he didn’t know, so we kind of went down to the corner, and saw a bunch of vehicles pull up at the same time, marked and unmarked,” she told CNN’s Jason Carroll.
The man was 25; the Colombian Embassy initially reported his age as 26.
Peters described seeing three vehicles and vested men. Peters said she didn’t see the body being pulled out of the car, but she could tell what was happening.
Peters said she heard people yelling “stop” on her home’s security camera, but the scene was quiet when she got there.
Now that she knows what transpired, Peters said she’s afraid for her kids and she feels “terror.”
Correction: An earlier photo with this post misidentified the person pictured. The person pictured was Em Ackerly.
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Local investigators now have most of the evidence in Minneapolis shooting cases, DA says
Local officials in Minnesota now have most of the evidence regarding the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents after it was withheld from them for months, Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty said.
Federal investigators shared a “great deal of evidence” with local authorities today, including body camera footage from the federal agents’ interaction with Pretti, Moriarty told CNN’s Jake Tapper.
The district attorney’s office previously filed a lawsuit seeking a judge’s order that the federal government turn over the information to local officials, she said. Now, they “appear to have most of that evidence,” Moriarty said.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said in a statement today that its office has “been in discussions” with federal authorities since the shootings occurred. The BCA and federal entities eventually were able to reach an agreement to share information, BCA Superintendent Drew Evans said.
