A person was reportedly shot and killed in an incident involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday morning.

Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, who represents Biddeford, said in a post on Facebook that a person was killed in a shooting and ICE was involved. He said Maine State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene.

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Biddeford Police Chief Joanne Fisk confirmed in a statement that the shooting happened around 7 a.m. at the intersection of Pool and Hill Streets and involved ICE personnel.


Fisk said there will be no updates related to the investigation released by the Biddeford Police Department and that their only role in the ongoing event is providing scene security. She directed all further inquiries to ICE.

Gov. Janet Mills said in a statement issued just before noon that she has been briefed on  the fatal shooting this morning involving Federal law enforcement. 

 I know that situations like these are alarming and frightening,  she added.  The Maine State Police are at the scene supporting and working cooperatively with the Attorney General's Office, Maine's Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and Federal officials to determine the facts of what occurred this morning. 

A person was reportedly shot and killed in an incident involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday morning, House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said in a Facebook post.

NBC10 Boston and the Associated Press have reached out to ICE, the FBI, Maine State Police and the Maine Department of Public Safety for details but has yet to hear back.

Biddeford, a coastal city of about 23,000 people, is located roughly 15 miles southwest of Portland.

Project Relief, an immigrant rights advocacy group, wrote in a social media post that one of its community members was killed  during an encounter with ICE in Biddeford  and that it was in contact with the person's family. The group described the person as  young,  b

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