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ICE Agent Identified in Fatal Biddeford Shooting

Published 17 July 2026

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been identified as the officer who fatally shot a Colombian man during a traffic stop in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, July 13, 2026. The agent, David Michael Brouillette, 37, was named by his ex-wife, who said he called her to admit to the shooting and ask her to lie about his character.

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, 26, was shot and killed around 7 a.m. at the intersection of Pool and Hill streets. ICE stated the agents were conducting surveillance on a property related to an individual with a final order of removal. The agency claimed that when a driver attempted to flee, an officer discharged his weapon. However, officials later clarified that Guerrero was not the intended target of the warrant they were executing.

Brouillette’s ex-wife, Ashley Brouillette, provided a detailed account in an interview on Thursday, July 16. She stated her former husband called her shortly after the incident. "He was asking me to lie for him and to cover for his character," she said. "I told him that I was not going to lie for him. And then he tried to say that it was a justified shooting because the guy tried to hit him with a car." Ashley...

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