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Morning. We’ve got another sweltering day ahead of us, with the heat index coming within striking distance of the triple digits. Today we’re continuing to follow developments in Monday’s fatal shooting involving ICE agents in Biddeford. That seems poised to affect the Democratic race to replace Graham Platner on the November ballot. You can read more about the scramble among the contenders in this story from political reporter Benjamin Kail.
Victim of Biddeford shooting was not target of ICE warrant, Angus King’s office says
Many questions remain unanswered after the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Biddeford early Monday morning by a federal immigration enforcement agent.
Initial reports of the shooting in the small York County city suggested a tragic end to an attempted arrest. ICE said its agents followed an “illegal alien” and attempted to stop his vehicle. When the man attempted to flee, the officer shot “fearing for public safety.”
Videos and eyewitness accounts, which echoed the recent fatal shooting by immigration agents of a 52-year-old from Mexico in Houston, complicated the official story.
Immigrant-rights groups said Guerrero, originally from Colombia, had work authorization and a Social Security number. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin backtracked from his initial statement Monday afternoon, reportedly telling U.S. Sen. Angus King that Guerrero wasn’t the target of the agents’ administrative warrant. Protesters in Biddeford and Bangor asked why immigration agents keep shooting people in the streets.
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