By Lauren McCauley | Editor
“Um, we just umm, I’m an ICE agent, we just um, there has been a shooting right there at the center… and High St.” - unnamed ICE agent, speaking to a 911 dispatcher after the fatal Biddeford shooting.
Vice President JD Vance speaks to a crowd at defense manufacturer Compotech in Brewer, Maine on Aug. 24, 2026. (Photo via White House livestream screenshot)
ELECTION 2026
By Emma Davis
Emergency calls made in the minutes after immigration agents fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford show the scramble and lack of communication between federal and local authorities, according to records obtained by Maine Morning Star.
IMMIGRATION
By Emma Davis
Emergency calls made in the minutes after immigration agents fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford show the scramble and lack of communication between federal and local authorities, according to records obtained by Maine Morning Star.
IMMIGRATION
By Emma Davis
Vice President JD Vance said the federal government is investigating the fatal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shooting in Biddeford, but quickly shifted focus to drug overdoses when pressed about updates Monday.
ELECTION 2026
By Jennifer Shutt
Voters throughout much of the country will cast ballots for their U.S. senator this fall, but just nine states hold the power to determine control of the chamber — setting the course for which presidential nominees can secure confirmation and what bills advance during the next two years.
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