{"id":2629226,"date":"2026-07-13T16:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-reportedly-shot-dead-after-allegedly-trying-to-run-over-ice-agents-in-maine\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T20:17:27","slug":"man-reportedly-shot-dead-after-allegedly-trying-to-run-over-ice-agents-in-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-reportedly-shot-dead-after-allegedly-trying-to-run-over-ice-agents-in-maine\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Reportedly Shot Dead After Allegedly Trying to Run Over ICE Agents in Maine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-reportedly-shot-dead-after-allegedly-trying-to-run-over-ice-agents-in-maine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2629226&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recent reports indicate an increase in incidents involving alleged vehicular assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.Notably, in Biddeford, Maine, an ICE agent shot and killed a driver who reportedly tried to hit an officer with their vehicle.Witnesses described the driver trying to ram a car, prompting the agent to fire multiple shots. Similar incidents have occurred elsewhere, including in Houston, Texas, where an illegal immigrant allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle and attempted to run over officers, resulting in the suspect being shot and killed. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cases involve alleged attempts<\/a> to target ICE agents with vehicles in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with some suspects escaping after shootings in self-defense. Additionally, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-nba-is-investigating-after-g-league-player-jeremy-lin-says-he-was-called-coronavirus-on-court\/\" title=\"The NBA Is Investigating After G-League Player Jeremy Lin Says He Was Called \u2018Coronavirus... On Court\">high-profile incident<\/a> in Minnesota involved an ICE agent fatally shooting a protester who interfered with an operation. The incident in Maine remains under inquiry,with authorities not yet releasing the driver\u2019s identity or immigration status. Politicians have expressed concern, and some attribute these events to broader tensions surrounding immigration enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The incidence of alleged vehicular assaults on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has ticked upward recently.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15974015\/Maine-ICE-shooting-driver-Biddeford-agent-car.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>, ICE agents on Monday fatally shot a hostile driver in the town of Biddeford, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer,\u201d a witness told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>That witness, 18-year-old Lucas Scott, had just driven through the intersection when he saw an unmarked vehicle approach another car. An ICE agent then drew his weapon and ordered the driver to exit.<\/p>\n<p>At that point, the alleged attempted vehicular assault occurred. Scott recalled that the ICE agent then fired approximately four shots.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a live report from WMTW-TV in Portland, Maine, posted to the social media platform X, another witness placed the time of the shooting around 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>That same witness added that she had not noticed an increased <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ice-agents-working-airport-give-whining-leftist-exact-response-deserves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICE<\/a> presence in the area.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 ICE agent in Maine reportedly targeted in vehicle-ramming attempt, resulting in self-defense shots fired and one person dead.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eZwPZh4qEV\">pic.twitter.com\/eZwPZh4qEV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2076671740399206892?\">July 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-harold-ford-jr-comes-guns-blazing-dems-anti-ice-riots-brilliant-1-min-monologue-five\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-ICE<\/a> Democrats, of course, have already drawn conclusions about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, for instance, declared herself \u201cdeeply disturbed and angry,\u201d according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is only the latest where illegal aliens have allegedly weaponized vehicles against ICE agents \u2014 and paid the ultimate price for it.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday in Houston, Texas, for instance, ICE agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-suspected-illegal-dead-trying-run-ice-agent-excellent-aim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shot and killed<\/a> Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an allegedly uncooperative illegal immigrant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom information we are receiving, he rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-suspected-illegal-dead-after-trying-to-run-over-ice-agent-who-has-excellent-aim\/\" title=\"BREAKING: ...ed Illegal Dead After Trying to Run Over ... Who Has Excellent Aim\">follow multiple verbal commands<\/a>, and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,\u201d ICE said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/houston-shooting-man-killed-ice-officer-near-canal-street-wayside-drive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KRIV-TV<\/a> in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>A similar incident occurred on July 1, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when a Mexican national allegedly targeted an ICE agent with his vehicle and then drove the wrong way down a one-way street. In that case, the ICE agent reportedly opened fire in self-defense, but the alien fled the scene uninjured.<\/p>\n<p>Last month in New Jersey, man believed to be a Peruvian illegal immigrant allegedly used his van to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shots-fired-fleeing-suspect-strikes-ice-agent-vehicle-manhunt-underway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strike an ICE agent<\/a>. That agent also fired in self-defense, though the suspect escaped.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the most high-profile ICE shooting involving a hostile driver took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in January, when an ICE agent shot and killed anti-ICE protester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-bodycam-shows-aggressive-renee-good-made-eye-contact-ice-agent-aiming-car\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Renee Good<\/a> after she interfered with an active operation, ignored agents\u2019 orders, and then turned her vehicle\u2019s wheels toward the agent as she began to accelerate.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not yet released the deceased Maine driver\u2019s name or immigration status.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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