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ICE involved in fatal shooting in Maine, lawmaker says 28%
By Russell Payne73%
7/13/2026, 3:46:21 PM
Keywords: Ice, Shooting, Maine, Lawmaker, Fatal, Biddeford, Ryan Fecteau, Chellie Pingree, Liam Lafountain, Fbi, State Police, Department Of Public Safety, Attorney Generals Office, Portland Press Herald, The Maine Wire, Washington Post, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, Operation Metro Surge, Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti, Julio Cesar Sosa Celis
BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, with Recency Bias as the most egregious example at 19.2% saturation with 97 hits. Analysis detected 148 faulty-reasoning hits from 506 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 39% and a BS Rank of 28% (11,210 of 15,517 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 72.20% of the article peer group.
A person was killed in a shooting involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday in Biddeford, Maine, according to the Maine Speaker of the House, Ryan Fecteau, D-Maine.
Fecteau, a Biddeford native, posted on Monday morning that “This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford.
A person was killed.
ICE was involved.”
In the post, Fecteau said that state police were on the scene alongside the state Department of Public Safety.
He also said he expected an FBI investigation into the incident .
In a report, The Maine Wire confirmed that an intersection was closed off and investigators were present at an active crime scene on Pool St. in Biddeford, and that police were asking the press to assemble at a local school, pending updates.
The Portland Press Herald reports that the man who was killed was from Colombia and authorized to work in the U.S.
According to the Maine Attorney General’s office, the man was shot while attempting “to flee in a vehicle in the direction of the officer.”
Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain said in a statement Monday that “there is strong cooperation among local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies as the circumstances surrounding the use of deadly force are investigated.”
Rep.
Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said Monday that she was in contact with ICE officials concerning this morning’s shooting but has “learned very little,” other than the fact that ICE officers were not wearing body cameras during the shooting.
Fecteau’s office did not immediately responded to a request for comment.
An ICE spokesperson told Salon in an email that officers were conducting “targeted surveillance” on someone at their last known address and tried to conduct a vehicle stop of someone leaving the premises at approximately 7:00 AM.
NBC News and other outlets have reported that the man who was killed, whose name has not yet been released, was not the target of the arrest warrant.
“The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and fearing for public safety an officer discharged his weapon.
The driver of the vehicle was struck, and emergency services were immediately contacted.
He passed away from his injuries,” the spokesperson said.
“The Biddeford Police Department and FBI responded to the scene.
DHS OIG [Office of Inspector General] has been notified and like all discharge of firearms this will be investigated.
This is a developing situation, and we will update the public when more information is available.”
The shooting in Maine comes just a week after the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by an ICE officer in Texas, with the Washington Post reporting that witnesses have challenged the government’s claim that Salgado Araujo has attempted to ram an officer with his car.
The string of shootings comes months after a spate of violence from ICE officers shocked the country in January, most notably in the so-called “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, which saw ICE officers kill two Minneapolis residents, Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti , and maim a third, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
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