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DHS Names 3 in Minneapolis ICE Shooting as BCA Opens Use-of-Force Probe

The three Venezuelan nationals were detained following a single shot that wounded Julio Cesar Sosa‑Celis during a North Side traffic stop.

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DHS identified Julio Cesar Sosa‑Celis (center), Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna (top left) and Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez‑Ledezma (top right) as the three men accused of attacking an ICE officer during an attempted arrest in Minneapolis. ICE said agents were trying to detain Sosa‑Celis when he fled a traffic stop, resisted arrest and was joined by Ajorna and Hernandez‑Ledezma, who allegedly struck the officer with a shovel and broom handle. The officer fired once, hitting Sosa‑Celis in the leg, before all three retreated into a nearby apartment and were later taken into custody. Both the officer and Sosa‑Celis were hospitalized. (DHS)
Federal agents stand guard after deploying tear gas as community members protest after federal law enforcement agents were involved in a shooting incident, a week after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis.
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Overview

  • DHS identified Julio Cesar Sosa‑Celis, Alfredo Alejandro Ajorna and Gabriel Alejandro Hernandez‑Ledezma as suspects in the Jan. 14 confrontation in north Minneapolis.
  • DHS says an ICE officer was attacked with a snow shovel and a broom handle during an attempted arrest and fired one defensive round, striking Sosa‑Celis in the leg.
  • All three men were taken into ICE custody after briefly barricading in a nearby apartment, and both the officer and Sosa‑Celis were hospitalized.
  • State investigators with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have opened a use‑of‑force investigation into the shooting.
  • Large crowds gathered after the incident, authorities declared an unlawful assembly, and officers used tear gas and flash‑bangs as tensions rose following last week’s fatal ICE shooting.