David Brouillette
Role at the time: ICE officer identified by the Associated Press as the shooter
Defended or excused
Statement summary
Brouillette told relatives that he acted in self-defense because Guerrero tried to run him over.
“It was a justified shooting. The guy was trying to run him over with a car.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)ICE officer who killed a man in Maine never should have had a badge and gun, relatives sayIdentification of David Brouillette and relatives' account of his self-defense explanation
The Associated Press and Brouillette's relatives identify him as the officer and attribute a self-defense explanation to him. DHS declined to confirm his identity. The relatives' account is indirect and is not a formal DHS finding.
Why we used this label
This directly states that the shooting was justified by an asserted vehicular threat.