Angus King

“He was in a vehicle — pulled out in the vehicle, and the term the secretary used was ‘weaponized’ the vehicle and was shot by an ICE agent,” King said.

The Maine Attorney General’s Office, which is investigating the shooting alongside the FBI and other agencies, said preliminary evidence indicates the man was attempting to flee in the direction of an officer when the shooting occurred. King was originally told in his meeting with Mullin that the man shot was out for arrest on a final deportation order. The ICE officer involved has been placed on leave.

Immigrant rights groups identified the man as a 26-year-old Colombian national who “came to Maine to live and work.”

The killing sparked demonstrations across Maine on Monday. Roughly two dozen protesters entered Sen. Susan Collins‘s (R-ME) office chanting “vote her out” before police escorted them from the building. Several hundred additional demonstrators marched through Biddeford before gathering in a local park.

ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS STORM SUSAN COLLINS’S OFFICE IN MAINE AFTER OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTING

Collins called for a “full and impartial investigation” into the shooting, noting that the FBI is participating in the investigation. Protesters also criticized Collins for backing roughly $70 billion in ICE funding without accompanying reforms to the agency’s training and operational practices.