One killed in shooting involving ICE agents in Maine, US

One person was killed in a shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine on Monday, according to officials and media reports. The incident took place in Biddeford, a town of about 21,000 people located 24 km (15 miles) south of Portland.

Few details have been released. Maine House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Fecteau posted on Facebook that a shooting occurred in Biddeford, a person was killed, and ICE was involved. He noted that State Police and the Department of Public Safety are on scene and that the FBI is expected to investigate.

ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Biddeford police referred questions to ICE, while the city’s mayor did not respond.

The shooting prompted an immediate reaction from U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree, a Maine Democrat. In a video on social media, she said she was "deeply disturbed and angry." She raised urgent questions: whether the deceased had a criminal record, whether the incident began as a routine traffic stop, whether officers wore body cameras, and how the shooting unfolded. "But more than anything else, I want to know, ‘Why are you in Maine?’" Pingree said, expressing concern that the victim might have been legally in the U.S. She offered sympathy to the individual, their family, and the Biddeford community.

Monday’s shooting occurred six days after an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas. That incident sparked protests in the city. ICE claimed the agent acted in self-defense after Salgado rammed a law enforcement vehicle and tried to run over an officer, but the agency has not released supporting evidence. Three eyewitnesses have disputed ICE’s account.

The latest death comes amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s escalating immigration enforcement crackdown.