US President Donald Trump said that the agent of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) who fatally shot a woman in the city of Minneapolis on Wednesday acted in self-defense. Trump accused the deceased woman of a “violent, intentional and brutal” car attack. TASR took over the report from the AFP agency.
- Donald Trump has declared the situation involving the shooting in Minneapolis to be self-defense by an agent.
- Trump accused the deceased woman of intentionally hitting an ICE agent with a car.
- The mayor of Minneapolis disagrees with the claim that the shooting was in self-defense.
- The incident sparked skirmishes between local residents and security forces.
- The ICE agent responsible for the shooting is currently hospitalized.
“I just watched the video of the event that took place in Minneapolis. It’s horrible to see… The woman behind the wheel was very agitated, resisted and then violently, intentionally and brutally struck an ICE agent who apparently shot her in self-defense,” Trump said on his social network Truth Social. According to him, the agent is currently “recovering in the hospital.”
“We are investigating the full extent of the situation, but the reason for these incidents is that the radical left threatens, attacks and targets our police officers and ICE agents on a daily basis,” the American president continued. He added that these people are just “trying to do their job to keep America safe.”
About the Minneapolis shooting occurred during a protest by local residents, who for several hours got into skirmishes with the security forces carrying out an intervention against migrants. According to local media, she became their victim 37-year-old US citizen Renee Nicole Good.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said that agent responsible for woman’s death acted recklessly, rejecting Homeland Security claims it was self-defense. According to him, ICE officers came to the city to cause chaos and cause mistrust.
