Minnesota governor denounces “yet another horrific shooting”. Department of Homeland Security says the man was armed. On Friday, thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis to denounce abuses committed in recent weeks in ICE operations.
A man was shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara was quoted as saying. Witnesses say the man was hit several times in the chest and taken to the hospital after resuscitation was performed at the scene.
According to the newspaper, several witnesses were transported to the Whipple building. ICE attempted to order local police to leave the scene of the incident, but O’Hara refused and instructed his agents to preserve the scene. BCA was on its way to the scene.
City authorities said in their statement that the “shooting involving federal agents” occurred in the area of West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue South – and that they are “working to confirm further details.” “We ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area,” the statement added.
The newspaper refers to a video circulating on the Internet this morning, which corresponds to the location of the shooting mentioned by the authorities, which shows a man being thrown to the ground by several law enforcement officers, before being hit, apparently, by several shots. At least two agents can be seen with their weapons drawn.
According to a Department of Homeland Security official, the individual “had a firearm with two magazines.” The employee provided a photograph of the alleged firearm, which appears to be a Sig Sauer Emperor Scorpion. It is not clear whether the man was openly wielding the firearm or whether it was hidden at the time he was shot. It is also unclear whether he had a license to carry the firearm, which is required in the state.
Governor Tim Walz says he has already spoken to the White House “after yet another horrific shooting between federal agents this morning.” “Minnesota has had enough. This is sick,” Waltz writes in X. “The President must end this operation. Remove the thousands of violent, untrained officers from Minnesota. Now.”
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz)
The shooting comes less than three weeks after , an American citizen, was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis as she tried to flee a confrontation, sparking nationwide protests.
The death of Renee Good, 37, mother of three, on January 7th sparked protests across the country.
About a week after Good’s death, a second shooting involving a federal agent occurred in north Minneapolis: on January 14, an immigration agent shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during an operation that involved a vehicle chase and a confrontation. The man, who the Department of Homeland Security said was resisting arrest, was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
On Friday, thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis to report ICE operations. This mobilization was part of a large day of protest in which organizers called for a strike — at work, school and consumer affairs — “to unitedly oppose the actions of the federal government against the state”, within the ‘ICE Out for Good’ protest movement, which encompasses more than a hundred organizations such as unions, civil rights groups and religious entities.
Organizers demanded the withdrawal of ICE from the state of Minnesota, the opening of legal proceedings against the agent who killed Renee Good, the end of ICE funding in upcoming federal budgets, and an investigation “for constitutional and humane violations of Americans and our neighbors.” Furthermore, they urged companies to cease their economic relations with the federal body.
Protesters had to face a cold wave that swept across the United States and caused temperatures of minus 23 degrees Celsius. “It’s -23 degrees and thousands of people still showed up en masse in Minneapolis. That’s how we are,” said the city’s mayor, Jacob Frey, who showed his support for the mobilizations.
