The family of a man fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement will sue the agency, according to reporting by CNN.
The family of 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who was killed last week in Biddeford, Maine, has decided to take legal action, CNN reported. The attorney for Durán Guerrero’s family is accusing ICE of “intentionally hiring unqualified agents.”
“If it turns out that the federal agent was an individual who suffered from severe depression and multiple psychiatric episodes, who suffered a concussion, that left him with cognitive deficits,” the attorney told CNN. “What is a truly tragic and infuriating thing is that our government, who knew or should have known about all these things, gave that man a badge and a gun.”
CNN also reported that it identified the agent who killed Durán Guerrero after speaking with the agent’s ex-wife and confirming it independently. According to CNN, the agent called his ex-wife and told her that he was the agent who killed Durán Guerrero.
The ex-wife also told CNN about “enduring years of abuse during their relationship,” anchor Erin Burnett said.
“Never mind the incident, CNN has obtained legal documents about this particular individual saying that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury in recent years,” Burnett reported.
During an interview with CNN, Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) pointed out that the Trump administration was “involved in a massive surge of hiring 10,000 agents,” and “they were offering signing bonuses to recruit people in. Their concern was not being held accountable for who these individuals were.”