Democrat Tim Walz has described the incident as “sickening,” coming mere weeks after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents
A man has been fatally shot by federal agents in the US city of Minneapolis, according to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Earlier this month, a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, was also killed there by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.
The latest fatal incident reportedly occurred near the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue on Saturday morning.
In a post on X later that day, Governor Walz wrote that he “just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning.”
“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” the Democrat added. Walz demanded that US President Donald Trump “pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.” He was referring to the ongoing deployment of federal ICE agents in Minneapolis, where they have sought to detain illegal migrants.
While the circumstances are not yet clear, a short video has been circulating on social media, which purportedly depicts the shooting. It shows several people, presumably federal agents, pinning someone down on the sidewalk, while another one strikes the person with an object. Then what appears to be a gunshot is heard, with several more to follow.
In a separate X post, Governor Walz said that he had “told the White House the state must lead the investigation” into Saturday’s shooting.
“Federal agents must not obstruct our ability… [to] keep people safe” at the scene, he added.
According to media reports, some altercations occurred between federal agents and a crowd that gathered at the scene shortly following the tragedy.
During a press conference on Saturday, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara stated that based on the “information that we have, which is very limited, [the victim] is a 37-year-old white male, who is a Minneapolis resident. And we believe he is an American citizen.”
The official also urged residents to “remain peaceful” and “avoid the area, and to leave if you are there.”
“Please, do not destroy our own city,” O’Hara implored.
The US Department of Homeland Security posted on X that earlier on Saturday, “[as] DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.” A photo of a firearm was included in the post.
“The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,” the department said, adding that “fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots.”
According to the federal authorities, aside from the handgun, the man also had two magazines – something that, according to the post, indicated that he intended to “do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
Shortly after the incident, “about 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene,” the statement said.
US President Donald Trump shared the same photo of the weapon that was allegedly in the deceased individual’s procession. In a post on his Truth Social platform, he claimed that the local police were “[not] allowed to protect ICE Officers,” suggesting that the order had come from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Walz.
The two officials “are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric,” the president wrote.
“LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB,” Trump demanded, adding that federal agents deployed to Minnesota had already arrested “12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent.”
“If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today,” the president claimed.
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