A man has been killed in a shooting by ICE agents in the US state of Maine Immigration Issues

A state lawmaker says one person was killed by federal agents in Biddeford, days after another ICE shooting in Texas.

One person was killed in a shooting involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Maine, according to authorities and media reports, just days after an ICE agent shot and killed a 52-year-old. The country of Mexico on a relocation project in Houston, Texas.

Although details were released Monday in Biddeford, a town of 21,000 people about 24 km (15 miles) south of Portland, Maine House of Representatives Speaker Ryan Fecteau sent a message to residents on Facebook.

“This morning there was a shooting in Biddeford,” he said he wrote. “A person has been killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on the scene to provide information and expect the FBI to investigate as well.”

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

The shooting prompted a swift response from Maine Democrat and U.S. Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, who said she was traveling to Washington after hearing the reports.

“I’m very disappointed and angry,” Pingree he said in a video posted on social networks.

He said there are questions that need to be answered, including whether the person who was shot had a criminal record, whether the incident started as a parking lot, whether officers were wearing body cameras, and how the shooting happened.

But more than anything, I want to know, ‘Why are you in Maine?’” Pingree said, adding that he was concerned that the case could involve someone who was legally in the United States.

“My condolences to the individual and their family and to the entire community of Biddeford,” he said. “We will be mourning another victim.”

Monday’s shooting comes six days after an ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in a Houston parking lot, sparking protests in the city.

ICE said the agent acted in self-defense after Salgado got into a law enforcement vehicle and tried to chase down an officer, but the agency did not provide evidence to support that account. three eyewitnesses He argued against ICE’s actions.

The shooting sparked protests in Houston, and reports of the latest death come as US President Donald Trump ramps up immigration enforcement.