A driver has been shot dead by ICE officers in Biddeford, Maine after allegedly trying to mow down agents with his car. 

The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was shot dead Monday morning after witnesses said he accelerated at agents at an intersection. 

Details of the fatal shooting are still developing, however Maine’s House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said in a statement: ‘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,’ said Fecteau. ‘These are the details that I have at this time. I will provide further updates, as they are relayed to me.’ 

Witness Lucas Scott, 18, told the Press Herald that he was driving through the intersection moments before the shooting, and saw a group of unmarked vehicles descend on another car. 

He said he saw a group of agents in ICE uniforms confronting the driver of the vehicle, seconds before he saw an agent pull his weapon and order him to exit his car.

‘The car was put into drive and was trying to hit the ICE officer,’ Scott said. 

Scott said he heard the ICE agent fire roughly four shots. 

A driver has been shot dead by ICE officers in Biddeford, Maine after allegedly trying to mow down agents with his car

Officers seen at the scene of the shooting on Monday morning, after witnesses said they saw the victim ‘trying to hit the ICE officer’ with his car 

Biddeford Police described the shooting as a ‘police incident’, but told CNN that there was no further threat to the public. 

Mary Hayes, a resident who lives near the shooting scene, told the Press Herald that she did not see the agent open fire, but arrived in time to witness the victim laying in the street.

‘There’s a dead body down there,’ she said. 

‘I mean, we live in Maine. We don’t expect this to happen here. What have we come to?’ she added.  

The shooting comes just days after an ICE agent also fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, which sparked mass protests. 

Scrutiny on ICE activities was also compounded by the fatal shootings of anti-ICE protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minnesota earlier this year.