ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Driver in Minneapolis During Large Enforcement Operation

Overview

• DHS says the driver used her vehicle as a weapon and Secretary Kristi Noem labeled the act “domestic terrorism,” adding that the department is working with the Justice Department on potential prosecution.
• City officials dispute the federal account, with Police Chief Brian O’Hara saying the 37-year-old U.S. citizen did not appear to be the subject of any investigation.
• Verified video shows two agents trying to remove the woman from a car blocking an intersection, the vehicle reversing and then moving forward, and a third agent firing three shots.
• Mayor Jacob Frey and other local leaders called for ICE to leave Minneapolis as protesters gathered at the scene to denounce the federal operation.
• The shooting occurred during a DHS-ICE deployment of roughly 2,000 agents in the Twin Cities, part of stepped-up enforcement linked in part to fraud probes, and follows multiple ICE-involved shootings reported since 2024.