Editor’s note: The second ex-wife of David Brouillette released a statement on Saturday. Read more: Second ex-wife of ICE agent who shot man in Biddeford recounts history of violent behavior

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An ex-wife of the federal agent who shot and killed a man Monday sought a protection from abuse order in court this week and is asking a judge to temporarily award her sole custody of their 11-year-old daughter.

David Brouillette, 37, was identified by another ex-wife on Thursday as the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford.

Brouillette, an Army veteran who has held multiple jobs in Maine law enforcement and public safety, has been accused by relatives of violence against former partners and his children.

Some Democratic lawmakers told reporters they want answers about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s training and vetting of immigration agents following these reports, according to The Associated Press. The killing in Biddeford came as DHS has been on a hiring spree.

Nearly a dozen court cases between Brouillette and his two ex-wives, which have been sitting quietly in the Kennebec County Superior courthouse for years, raise questions about his employment in other public positions he held before joining ICE.

He worked for several years as a Veterans Affairs police officer for the Togus Police Department, and was an enforcement agent for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services, where he worked in a division that deals with child support matters, locating absent parents and establishing paternity of children. Former colleagues in Manchester confirmed he was a volunteer firefighter there and left on poor terms.

Both of his ex-wives, one through interviews and the other in court records, say that Brouillette has taken advantage of these positions in legal disputes about their children.

Brouillette has not responded to several requests for comment and a cellphone number for him was disconnected.

It was Brouillette’s first ex-wife, Ashley, who told the Portland Press Herald and several other outlets this week that he admitted to being the shooter and asked her to lie for him. Ashley Brouillette, who does not live in Maine, said she was abused during their marriage and that he continued to harass her afterward. In a voicemail that she said was left by David Brouillette last fall, he said she should have her “(expletive) throat cut,” among other disparaging remarks.

David and Ashley Brouillette divorced in 2010. He married his second wife after that, divorcing her in 2019, according to court records. The Press Herald has been unable to reach her by phone, and is not naming her because she has reported experiencing domestic violence.

In court records, the second ex-wife claimed Brouillette once kicked down her door and that he routinely, and falsely, accused her of having substance abuse issues to attack her credibility in court. She accused him of sending videos of her in intimate settings to other people and said he was verbally and physically abusive to his daughters.

“He is a police officer and constantly makes me feel like there is nothing I can do about it,” she wrote during one request in 2019.

Of eight protection filings between the pair, half were initiated by David Brouillette, who raised similar allegations against his second ex-wife. He accused her of being a poor parent, and also claimed she was physically and verbally abusive to their children.

While some of those protection requests were temporarily granted by a judge, all but one — which was filed by the woman in 2019 — were ultimately dismissed within weeks of being filed. Sometimes that was voluntary, other times it was because a parent didn’t appear in court or because they didn’t meet their burden of proof.

In many of David Brouillette’s filings, he challenged the amounts he was ordered to pay in child support.

In a request filed in August 2024, the second ex-wife said that Brouillette reported her to Maine DHHS in order to separate her from their daughter, immediately after she had just convinced a judge to dissolve a temporary order against her that Brouillette obtained by alleging that she had driven under the influence. She disputed that allegation.

Brouillette had not worked for DHHS for at least four years at this point. The agency did not respond to questions about the circumstances of his departure.

In her most recent request for a protection from abuse order, Brouillette’s second ex-wife said she had concerns about their daughter’s well-being given the “highly publicized” nature of the allegations against Brouillette. Both state and federal investigations into the shooting are still pending.

The woman said in the request that she has been inundated with requests from media outlets since Monday and that she is concerned her daughter may become a target.

“I understand these allegations remain before the court and I am not asking this court to determine his guilt or innocence,” she wrote. “My request is based on the effect that the current situation is having on our daughter and the potential risk it creates for her.”

A Kennebec County district court judge declined to issue her a temporary protection from abuse order on Thursday after a hearing that David Brouillette reportedly attended, according to court records. The judge wrote that, at this time, the woman’s allegations were “insufficient to support a finding that the plaintiff and/or minor child is or are in immediate and present danger of abuse from the defendant.”

The judge ordered that a follow-up hearing be scheduled within 21 days, unless the woman decides not to move forward with her request.