David Brouillette: Monsters Among Us

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Jul 17, 2026

Brouillette’s terrifying and violent behavior was thoroughly documented at home long before he put on a federal badge.

His ex-wife, Ashley, stated that he once threw boiling water at her while she was holding their child.
This specific detail of abuse was also recounted and confirmed by his ex-wife’s mother, Avis Collins.
A second ex-wife filed multiple protection orders against him, alleging he actively stalked and harassed her, and physically abused his own teenage daughter.
During one incident, he tackled the teenager and smashed spaghetti into her hair.
In a deeply disturbing voicemail from last winter, he told his ex-wife that he thought someone should slit her throat.

The system was fully aware of his instability but actively chose to look the other way.

Brouillette, an Army veteran, has an extensive history of serious mental health issues dating back to early childhood.
According to a close relative, he was diagnosed with severe bipolar disorder and ADHD.
As a child, he was hospitalized multiple times and attempted suicide twice at the age of 12.
Military recruiters initially rejected his application because of these severe medical diagnoses, but later encouraged him to go off medications and reapply.
He subsequently deployed to Afghanistan with the regular Army.
His relative believes this deployment “destroyed him” and trained him to be a “killing monster” and a “machine.”

Despite a clear, documented history of violence and mental instability, he was handed a position of authority during a rapid Department of Homeland Security hiring spree.

Even his own family stated that he never should have been given a badge and a gun to patrol American streets.
Despite his history, ICE hired the 37-year-old late last year.
His ex-wife, Ashley, was so aware of his instability that she initially didn’t believe he had been hired, assuming he was simply having a mental health episode and was a “danger to society”.
Acting as an ICE agent, Brouillette shot and killed 25-year-old Colombian national Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero while the victim was in his vehicle in Biddeford, Maine.
Immediately following the fatal shooting, Brouillette called his ex-wife.
He falsely claimed it was a “justified shooting” and alleged the victim was trying to hit him with a car.
In a highly manipulative move, he asked his ex-wife to “lie for him” and to “cover for his character” while sounding “unusually calm” about taking a life.
Lawmakers are now demanding answers regarding the “intolerable danger” created by ICE’s inadequate vetting and training.

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