Ex-wife says ICE agent who killed man in Maine had racist beliefs, violent tendencies

Ashley Brouillette has identified her ex-husband, David Brouillette, as the officer who fatally shot Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday. She said she learned he was the officer responsible when he called her on Wednesday.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2513x1675+0+0/resize/2513x1675!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F83%2F32%2Fce69ac36461bb347961ea39a8770%2Fap26194550566410.jpg' alt='A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge in New York, June 10, 2025. The ICE officer who allegedly fatally shot a Colombian man in Maine on Monday was prone to violence and held racist beliefs, according to some of the people who were close to him.'/><p>Ashley Brouillette has identified her ex-husband, David Brouillette, as the officer who fatally shot Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday. She said she learned he was the officer responsible when he called her on Wednesday.</p><p>(Image credit: Yuki Iwamura)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5897460' />