MINNEAPOLIS — A 51-year-old man shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by AP shows.
The person was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Gov. Tim Walz said. The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told the AP in a text messages that the person had a firearm with two magazines and that the situation was “evolving.”
The shooting happened amid widespread daily protests in the Twin Cities since the Jan. 7 shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle.
Walz said in a social media post that he had been in contact with the White House after the shooting. He called on President Trump to end the crackdown in his state. The details surrounding the shooting weren’t immediately clear.
“Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,” Walz said in a post on X.
The Department of Homeland Security distributed a photo of a handgun they said was on the person who was shot.
After the shooting, bystanders gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards” and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: “Boo hoo.” Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car.
The shooting happened a day after thousands of demonstrators protesting the crackdown on immigrants crowded the city’s streets in frigid weather, calling for federal law enforcement to leave.
Brook writes for the Associated Press.
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