Who is David Brouillett, the ICE officer in Maine shooting? Family says he is ‘extremely mentally ill’
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood, his e wife told the Associated Press. David Brouillette, a US ICE officer, shot and killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national, during an operation in Biddeford, Maine, on July 13, 2026. Also Read | Trump rejects plan to halt ICE traffic stops The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which hasn't released the name of the officer who killed Durán Guerrero, said the “vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.” Brouillette didn’t respond to AP's text messages or an email seeking comment. Three relatives who said they had spoken to him since the shooting, including an e wife and daughter, said he told them he acted in self-defence. E wife's account According to people close to him, Brouillette was prone to violence and held racist beliefs, NPR reported. Ashley Brouillette told NPR her e husband, David, was the officer who fatally shot Joan Durán Guerrero four times during an attempted traffic stop in Biddeford, Maine. She said she found out he was the officer responsible when he called her on Wednesday, asking her to vouch for his character. "He asked me to basically talk good in his character, not to talk bad about him. And if I couldn't not talk bad about him, then just not to talk at all to anybody," she told NPR. "And I told him that I was not going to lie for him. He asked me not to talk about the abuse in our marriage. And I told him again I was not going to lie for him," she was quoted as saying. He 'became physically violent' Brouillette, 37, told his e wife Ashley Brouillette late last year that he had been hired by ICE. She said that because of his long history of psychiatric issues, she thought he was having a mental health episode and she didn't believe him. She didn’t realise he’d been telling the truth until this week, when videos began circulating online of the moments surrounding the shooting. Ashley Brouillette told the AP that she spoke to her e husband in a Facebook audio call, and he acknowledged that he had killed Durán Guerrero. Their 18-year-old daughter, Madison Brouillette, also told the AP that her father called her Wednesday and said that he shot and killed Durán Guerrero. Also Read | ICE agent fatally shoots man during immigration operation in Maine David and Ashley Brouillette were high school sweethearts who got married in 2007. She said she divorced him in 2009 because he had become physically violent with her, which began after she got pregnant with their daughter.
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