ICE Fatally Shot a Man Who Was Not the Target of Its Maine Operation
An ICE officer killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during a Biddeford enforcement operation. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Senator Angus King that Guerrero was not the target of the warrant. The agents had no body cameras, and the shooting remains under investigation.
ICE fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero during an operation targeting someone else. DHS says his vehicle moved toward an officer. No agent wore a body camera, and the legal justification remains under investigation.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13. He was 25, from Colombia, and had a wife and young daughter. The Maine attorney general says the shooting happened during a federal enforcement operation and remains under active investigation.
Guerrero was not the person ICE had gone to the address to arrest. Senator Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told him the agents were serving a warrant for someone else. DHS separately said officers were watching an address connected to a person with a final removal order when they tried to stop the vehicle Guerrero was driving.
The government’s initial account says Guerrero attempted to flee in the direction of an officer, prompting the officer to fire. That account has not been tested in a completed investigation. The officer’s name has not been released and the officer was placed on leave.
“ICE killed a man who was not the target of the operation, and the agents carried no body cameras.”
None of the ICE agents involved wore body cameras. King said Mullin confirmed the cameras had not been distributed to the agents in Biddeford. Senator Susan Collins said Congress had already approved $20 million to expand body-camera use and called their absence in this shooting extremely unfortunate.
The missing footage matters because investigators must determine how the vehicle moved, where the officer stood, what commands were given and whether deadly force was legally justified. Photographs show bullet holes in the windshield, but they do not resolve the sequence of events.
Maine’s congressional delegation asked the Homeland Security inspector general for a comprehensive, independent and expedited review. Maine’s attorney general, state police, the FBI and federal authorities are also involved.
What is established is stark: ICE killed a man who was not the target of the operation, and the agents carried no body cameras. Whether the shooting was legally justified is still an open question that the investigations must answer.
Summary
ICE officers went to a Biddeford address for an enforcement operation and fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero as he drove away. The Homeland Security secretary told Senator Angus King that Guerrero was not the person named in the operation’s warrant. ICE says the vehicle moved toward an officer; the agents had no body cameras, leaving that central account without direct body-camera footage. State and federal investigations are ongoing.
⚡ Key Facts
- Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero was fatally shot by an ICE officer on July 13, 2026.
- DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Senator Angus King that Guerrero was not the target of the warrant.
- DHS says Guerrero’s vehicle moved toward an officer as he attempted to flee.
- The agents involved had no body cameras.
- The officer was placed on leave.
- Maine officials and federal agencies are investigating.
- No final determination has been made about whether the shooting was legally justified.
ICE Fatally Shot a Man Who Was Not the Target of Its Maine Operation
Network of Influence
- The public through a transparent investigation
- Law-enforcement agencies if body-camera gaps are corrected
- DHS says the vehicle moved toward an officer
- The use-of-force investigation is incomplete
- Guerrero’s immigration status does not determine whether deadly force was justified
The mismatch between the operation’s target and the person killed is foregrounded while the government account and unresolved legal review remain explicit.
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