Person Killed in ICE Shooting in Maine

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A person was killed on Monday in a shooting involving U.S. immigration agents in Maine, media outlets reported, days after a man was killed by a U.S. agent during a traffic stop in ‌Texas.

Media reports of the shooting in Biddeford cited a post by Ryan Fecteau, Maine's speaker of the House, on a personal Facebook ⁠page.

"This morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person ​was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department ⁠of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well," Fecteau wrote, according to the ‌reports.

Local media said authorities closed a road ​and local law enforcement ‌were joined by FBI officials at a crime scene in Biddeford, a city ‌of over 21,000 people located 15 miles south of Portland and 90 miles north of Boston.

Immigration and Customs ⁠Enforcement and Department of Homeland ‌Security officials could not ⁠be immediately reached for comment.

Biddeford police did not comment and referred ⁠an ⁠inquiry to ICE, while the mayor did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for ‌comment.

An ICE agent in Houston fatally shot a man identified as Lorenzo Salgado Araujoin last week while officers were trying ‌to stop ​his vehicle, the ‌agency said in a statement.

The shootings come in the midst of an escalating federal crackdown on migrants ​nationwide, with the Houston incident sparking protests. 

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