ICE agents kill man in Maine as senator says victim not target of arrest

Killing of man – identified by rights groups as 26-year-old Colombian – comes days after man killed by ICE in Texas

A person was ⁠killed on Monday in a shooting involving US immigration officials in Maine, according to a statement attributed to a prominent state lawmaker, days ⁠after a man ⁠was ​killed by an immigration officer during a traffic stop in Texas.

The individual killed by federal agents was not the target of an immigration enforcement operation, Senator Angus King said on Monday afternoon on CNN, reversing an earlier statement at a press conference.

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