Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday condemned the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents involved in the fatal shooting of a Colombian national who allegedly tried to run them over – demanding that they “be held accountable.”
“Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive,” Harris wrote on X, referring to the 26-year-old man the Department of Homeland Security described as an “illegal alien” who “attempted to flee the scene” of an ICE operation in Maine on Monday.
“This is the second time in a week that ICE agents have killed someone who — by their own admission — was not the subject of their operation,” Harris continued. “Now Sebastian is dead, his killing witnessed by his three-year-old daughter wearing her Bluey pajamas.”
“This cannot be acceptable in America.”
The failed former Democratic nominee for president called for an “immediate, independent, and transparent investigation” into Guerrero’s shooting death.
“Anyone responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable,” she demanded.
ICE officers in Biddeford, Maine, had been surveilling the last known address of an illegal migrant with a deportation order on Monday morning when the chaos unfolded, according to DHS.
Guerrero apparently fled the home in a vehicle and refused to stop for federal officers, who gave chase, according to DHS.
“The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon,” DHS said in a statement. “The driver of the vehicle was struck, and emergency services were immediately contacted. He passed away from his injuries.”
Lucas Scott, an 18-year-old witness, said officers in green vests surrounded the car and drew their weapons at the driver, who appeared to drive directly at them.
“The car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer,” Scott told the Portland Press Herald, adding that an agent fired roughly four shots in response.
Guerrero was authorized to work in the US and had been issued a Social Security number, according to Presente! Maine, a Portland-based aid organization.
The DHS Inspector General will investigate the shooting, the agency said.
Last week, Harris called out ICE on X over another deadly shooting involving the agency in Houston.
“Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s family called him ‘El mundo entero’ — the whole world,” Harris said of the victim, whom DHS claims tried to ram his car into ICE officers during a traffic stop.
Araujo was “shot and killed by ICE agents on his way to work,” Harris continued, adding that she is ”outraged by the horrific and cruel actions of ICE under the Trump Administration.”
“Doug and my prayers are with Lorenzo’s wife, his three sons, and all those who loved and knew him,” the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate said. “I join his son Ronaldo in calling for an immediate, independent, and transparent investigation.”
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