A FATHER who was killed by an ICE agent in front of his young daughter has been identified as federal officials confirmed he was not the intended target.

The victim was 26-year-old Colombian national Joan Sebastian Guerrero, who was fatally shot in Biddeford, Maine, early Monday morning.

The victim was Joan Sebastian Guerrero, his neighbor, Nelson Elias, told CNN

A red tent was set up at the scene along with police tape after the shooting on Monday

A person believed to be a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer holds out his hands towards the driver’s side of a vehicle before the shooting

FBI investigators work the scene of an ICE involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine

He was reportedly on his way to work and was driving his car toward ICE agents.

The shooting took place just after 7am and witnesses claim he accelerated toward ICE agents at an intersection before an officer shot him.

US Senator Angus King’s office said the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Guerrero was not the person federal agents had intended to apprehend.

They corrected earlier information that Guerrero had been the subject of an order to leave the country, according to the Daily Mail.

Guerrero was authorized to work in the United States and had been issued a Social Security number, per the Press Herald.

His father, Omar Duran, told Spanish-language outlet Telemundo that his son had moved to the US to build a better future for his family.

“He was a wonderful son, and I don’t know why they did that to him,” Duran said in Spanish.

Guerrero’s family said he regularly picked up orders from an Applebee’s in Biddeford several times a week, often with his family waiting in the car.

Madalynn Gagne, who knew Guerrero through Applebee’s, said: “He would always ask how we were doing.

“He would always ask if we needed anything. He was always just a good smile to see.”

Guerrero reportedly leaves behind his wife, young daughter and sister.

Around five apparent gunshots could be heard in haunting Ring camera footage before the resident’s two cats appeared startled by the sound.

Witness Daniel Boucher told the Portland Press Herald he saw Guerrero get out of the car while bleeding heavily from the head.

“He said, ‘I tried to stop,’” Boucher recalled hours after the shooting.

Several officers were seen standing guard after the shooting

Several bullet holes could be seen across the windshield of Guerrero’s white Kia.

Video published by the outlet also appeared to show the vehicle driving in circles near an intersection.

An officer also appeared to grab onto the handle of the driver’s side door and move alongside the vehicle.

Cecelia Humiston, 22, said she woke to the commotion and, when she went outside to investigate, saw what appeared to be a person lying on the ground.

She recalled hearing an older woman from the distraught family crying out: “You took her dad, you took her dad!”

“They were with a little girl, she couldn’t have been older than three. She was still in her Bluey pajamas,” she said.

Local residents said they had seen increased ICE presence in the area in recent weeks.

An official with the state medical examiner’s office said Guerrero’s body was taken to Augusta, roughly 74 miles north of Biddeford, for an autopsy.

On Tuesday, ICE agents were instructed to temporarily suspend most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide while the agency reviews its tactics and provides additional training, according to ABC News.

The pause follows two fatal ICE shootings in less than a week, including Guerrero’s death in Maine, though vehicle stops involving serious criminal suspects will continue.

The Maine Attorney General’s Office is investigating the shooting, while federal officials have also launched a review.

The incident has sparked protests in Biddeford, with demonstrators demanding greater transparency after it emerged Guerrero was not the intended target and reports indicated agents were not wearing activated body cameras.

Calls for greater accountability among ICE agents have also resurfaced following the January fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during an ICE operation in Minneapolis.

Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/16690792/maine-ice-shooting-victim-named-dhs-confirms-status/