One person killed in Maine in second fatal ICE-involved shooting in less than a week
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Key Points:
- A person was killed in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, with state police and the Department of Public Safety investigating and the FBI expected to join the inquiry, according to Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau.
- The incident follows closely after a fatal shooting by an ICE agent in Houston, where Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed during a traffic stop, sparking protests and demands for transparency.
- Biddeford police confirmed a "police incident" with no current public threat but declined to provide further details.
- The Houston shooting has intensified calls for accountability of ICE agents, echoing earlier outrage from previous fatal incidents involving federal immigration enforcement.
- ICE and the Department of Homeland Security have not yet commented on the Biddeford shooting.
