It’s been almost three months since Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero‘s death, and his family is still not used to the quiet.

Martha Karolina Rojas Alvarez, his widow, said he used to come home from a day of work — mornings at PetSmart, afternoons and evenings driving for DoorDash — and talk about his day, then ask about hers. He doted on their young daughter, reserving Monday afternoons for time with her.

“He didn’t like to be alone,” she said. “He always liked to be with us, to go out, to eat, visiting the lake … or simply staying at home and watching movies.”

On July 13, a Monday morning, Durán Guerrero was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Biddeford.

His death, and others by agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, have spurred protests and backlash across the country. Democratic members of Congress have held two forums since Durán Guerrero’s death, and his family is being represented by Gideon Asen, a law firm that has pursued high-profile lawsuits in Maine, including a recent complaint against several ICE agents accused of forcefully arresting a civil engineer in the country legally.

In an interview on Thursday, Durán Guerrero’s widow and his sister said they have been heartened by the support, and they want answers about what happened. They spoke in Spanish to the Portland Press Herald with their attorneys present, and a translator from Presente! Maine, a nonprofit that supports the state’s immigrant community.

“We would love to see above all a transparent investigation, that the people involved face consequences,” his sister, Daniela Durán Guerrero, said through translator Mae Hickey. “He was a good person, he was just working for his family.”

TAKING TIME FOR FAMILY

Durán Guerrero was the youngest of three siblings. He grew up in Bucaramanga, Colombia, hanging out with other kids in their neighborhood and riding his bike outside, his sister said. Daniela remembered helping him talk to their parents when he was scared of getting in trouble.

“Even though we were different, on separate paths, we were always together,” she said through an interpreter.

Durán Guerrero met Rojas Alvarez when they were teenagers. He lived in the same neighborhood and they would see each other every day, courting her and trying to catch her attention, she said. Years later, he was excited to learn she was pregnant and that they were starting a family. She said they came to the United States to work hard and give their daughter a better future.

Once here, Rojas Alvarez said, he worked long days but still took time for his family. His sister said he regularly helped bring her kids to school.

“He would put his work stuff on pause to help me do that,” she said.

He was the kind of uncle who spoiled her kids with video game gift cards and he liked getting everyone together.

“For me, it was really important, because me and him grew up together,” his sister said. “We were always together, so that’s why it was really important for me, for my kids to grow up together with their family, as well.”

‘TOOK A LITTLE PIECE OF EVERYONE’

The Office of the Maine Attorney General announced it was investigating the incident for deadly use of force and for any criminal activity. The office said it had no public updates on Friday. The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General announced an investigation into the shooting, as well, saying it was routine for all shootings involving one of its officers.

DHS has declined to identify the agents involved in the Biddeford shooting. David Brouillette of Manchester was identified by several people who know him, including an ex-wife, as the agent who shot Durán Guerrero.

Brouillette has not responded to numerous requests for comment and a phone number for him was still out of service on Friday.

Attorneys Benjamin Gideon and Sean Murphy, who are representing Durán Guerrero’s family, have criticized the Trump administration following a report from CBS that the FBI is not conducting a review for civil rights violations, citing a Department of Justice official. The New York Times also reported in July on guidance ICE agents received that month, saying that the FBI would no longer be investigating claims of assault against them.

The DOJ and DHS did not respond to requests for comment.

Murphy, a former federal prosecutor, told members of Congress during a forum on Sept. 22 that this was unusual.

Durán Guerrero’s sister and his widow say they, too, are calling for accountability.

“Through this community support we’ve come to understand it shouldn’t have happened this way, it should never have happened,” Rojas Alvarez said.

And while they wait for answers, they also want the world to know that Durán Guerrero was a good person who “took a little piece of everyone with him” when he was killed.

They said they honor him in their homes, where they keep small pictures of him near images of saints and a candle.

And, they said, by sharing his story.

“Because that’s what he would have wanted, is for us to keep going and to keep fighting,” his sister said.