NPR News: 07-13-2026 10PM EDT

Federal immigration agents fatally shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine this morning while trying to serve an arrest warrant—only to discover he was not the person they were looking for. The incident, which remains murky in key details, has drawn sharp scrutiny from Maine’s independent Senator Angus King and raised urgent questions about the conduct of federal enforcement operations.

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The shooting occurred when ICE agents attempted to carry out an arrest warrant. Senator King’s office said Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen initially told the senator that the man was the target of the warrant because he had been ordered to leave the country. Mullen later corrected himself, informing King that the man was not the person ICE agents were actually seeking. Other details remain unclear. King said Mullen told him the man had “weaponized the car” before he was shot. The Office of Maine’s Attorney General added that the man “reportedly drove in the direction of the officer.” An ICE spokesperson now says the officer was “fearing for public safety” when they fired at the vehicle. The incident has left the community and lawmakers demanding a fuller account of what happened and why.

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