Posted on 01/24/2026 10:01:51 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Multiple reports have come in showing what appeared to be federal officers shooting a suspect in Minneapolis, a city already at the heart of increased tensions between immigration enforcement and local protestors.
According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, an altercation between an unknown person and Border Patrol agents resulted in one of the agents shooting the person.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also confirmed to Fox News that the person was armed. Melugin also provided an image of the weapon.
There is a video of the incident circulating on social media. However, we have chosen not to publish the video due to the content.
The city has been at the heart of tensions between anti-ICE protestors and federal officers sent in to target illegal immigrants as part of the Trump administration's push to remove them from U.S. soil. It is still roiling from the shooting of Renee Good, an activist who was shot and killed by an ICE agent she struck with her vehicle.
Democrats have blasted the ICE agent's actions, and protestors have become more aggressive in trying to interfere with ICE and Border Patrol operations in the city. Multiple Democrat officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey, and Attorney General Keith Ellison, have defended the protestors.
This most recent incident has the potential to stir up more controversy, as sides are already forming online. Activists on the left are calling it another "murder" while voices on the right point to the DHS claim of a gun to justify the shooting.
“At 9:05 AM CT, 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," DHS told Fox News. "The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming."
“Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots," the statement continued. "Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement."
"This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming,” DHS said.
UPDATE: The person shot during an altercation with Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis has died, according to the Associated Press.
"A 51-year-old man shot Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows," the AP reported Saturday.
The shooting comes amid frequent unrest in the city after the shooting of Renee Good earlier this month
UPDATE 2: The Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement to Fox News on this morning's shooting, adding context to the events only seen on a cell phone video that went viral across social media Saturday morning.
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“Say his name!”
So, they mean you cannot wave firearms at Federal Agents? This is my shocked face.
The protestors should be ashamed of themselves for sending these poor people to their deaths.
It’s a start.
Liberals are not very bright. They keep ending up dead.
“Peaceful protest./s”
Armed thug found out.
let us be thankful for any incident in which no innocent person is killed. That appears to be the case here.
its obvious local government cant handle their own state. Declare martial law and send in the 82nd Airbourne..dusk to dawn curfew.
Suicide by idiocy. If they kept their butts home, they could celebrate Valentines day in a couple weeks. Like Johnny Cash’s mother said, “Don’t take your guns to town.”
No the mayor and the governor said you can stand your ground against LEOs…. So it must be a mistake here 🤣🤣🤣
The local govt is encouraging this….its time to send it all.
You know, anyone that grew up in the northern midwest, knew that the term, ‘Minnesota Nice’, was never really a compliment. The truth is, it was a nice way of describing them as, ‘Minnesota Slow’.....
That looks like an awfully sloppy take-down.
More like a rugby scrum than police work.
This didn’t happen in Minnesota. It happened in Occupied Territory of Minneapolistan.
“pronounced dead at the scene”
The FO part of FAFO.
“According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, an altercation between an unknown person and Border Patrol agents resulted in one of the agents shooting the person.”
...a good start.
Slow Start.
I guess this is better than arresting the Leftist, liberal, Marxist, POS only to have some woke Leftist, liberal Marxist black robed POS tyrants drop ALL charges.
Water Cannons to the front lines!!!
“( another one after Renee Good )”
Are you trying to imply something troll?
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