Overview
- A federal immigration officer shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during a targeted traffic stop in north Minneapolis after what DHS described as a violent assault involving a snow shovel and a broom handle.
- The wounded man and the officer were hospitalized, two additional individuals were taken into custody after a brief barricade, and authorities later breached the residence to remove the suspect to an ambulance.
- Crowds gathered near the scene, with law enforcement deploying tear gas, pepper balls and flash bangs as Minneapolis’ police chief declared an unlawful assembly and the mayor urged people to go home.
- The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension processed evidence at the site, a contrast with the earlier federal blocking of state participation in the Renee Good fatal-shooting investigation.
- In a separate case in Santa Ana, California, video shows a federal officer firing a projectile that family says left 21-year-old protester Kaden Rummler blind in his left eye, as DHS labeled demonstrators “violent rioters” and reported two officers injured and two protesters arrested.