Maine ICE shooting: Man who was killed was not the target of warrant, Sen. Angus King says

The motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting Monday was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing, Sen. Angus King said Homeland Security Secretary Mullin told him.

King said Mullin told him the officer opened fire after the man tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against officers who were pursuing him in Biddeford, a coastal city of about 23,000 people roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Portland.

"He was in a vehicle — pulled out in the vehicle, and the term the secretary used was ‘weaponized’ the vehicle and was shot by an ICE agent," King said.

Corey Poulin, whose family runs a laundromat near the shooting, told The Associated Press that security cameras at the business captured footage of the man’s car rolling into the intersection after shots were fired. Other images from the scene showed the car going in circles and bullet holes in its windshield.

"Two ICE members ran to the intersection and another ICE member in a Ford SUV went into the intersection to stop the car from rolling," he said. "I don’t know for a fact, but I don’t believe he was alive when the car started rolling."

Early Monday morning, Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau posted about the incident on his personal Facebook page.

"Fellow Biddeford residents and Mainers, this morning a shooting occurred in Biddeford. A person was killed. ICE was involved. State Police and the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details and would expect the FBI to investigate as well. These are the details that I have at this time. I will provide further updates, as they are relayed to me."

Man who was shot and killed is from Colombia

The man who was killed was a 26-year-old Colombian native who was authorized to work in the U.S. and had a Social Security number, according to a joint statement from advocacy groups Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and Presente!

After the shooting, the man's family contacted the Immigrants’ Rights Coalition through a hotline, according to Mufalo Chitam, the organization’s executive director.

"It’s a young family and he was leaving to go to work," Chitam told the AP.

The family is not ready to identify the man or speak publicly about the shooting, Chitam added.

"We are grieving, we are furious, and we will not allow his death to be treated as routine or inevitable," Chitam said. "How much more harm must our communities endure before those with the power to act acknowledge that this has gone too far?"