A Colombian citizen was killed by an ICE agent while working in Maine

A witness said. Biddeford Gazette, External At around 07:20 local time, he saw lights coming from an unknown white SUV and “at least two officers wearing green vests”.

Lucas Scott, of Biddeford, said the agents surrounded the white sedan and were shouting. He then heard at least four gunshots.

Another witness said. Associated Press (AP), External According to the news agency, the murdered man lived nearby with his wife and child.

“I saw a wife on her knees looking at her husband’s body on the ground,” Mary Hayes said.

“I saw a little girl crying with a little pink bag because she would never see her father again.”

Senator King said DHS Chief Mullin told him the man was shot after he tried to drive his car into police.

“He was in a vehicle — he was pulled out of the vehicle, and the word the clerk used was ‘armored’ the vehicle and he was shot by an ICE agent,” King said.

He added that the officers involved were not wearing body cameras, and that authorities are investigating whether deadly force was necessary.

“That’s what this investigation is all about and I intend to stay behind it to do everything I can to make sure the investigation is as clear and thorough as possible,” King said, according to the AP.

The incident draws renewed scrutiny from DHS and ICE.

In the year On July 7, an ICE officer shot and killed 52-year-old construction worker Lorenzo Salgado Araujo while driving to a construction site in Houston.

Federal officials later admitted the Mexican man was not the intended target of the enforcement operation, but said he tried to impersonate an ICE agent.

Mullin took over the helm of DHS in March, replacing Christie Noem after he was fired by US President Donald Trump.

Noem’s tenure saw the fatal shootings of two protesters, Alex Pretty and Renee Goode, both US citizens by immigration officers.

The deaths of Pretty and Good come after the Trump administration announced increased immigration enforcement in Minnesota and other states.

Federal officials launched a similar campaign in Maine in January, dubbed Operation Catch of the Day.

Civil rights groups filed lawsuits condemning the tactics used by federal agents.