Overview
- DHS says the agent fired in self-defense after the driver "weaponized" her vehicle, calling the episode "domestic terrorism."
- Minneapolis leaders dispute that account after reviewing bystander video showing shots fired at a departing SUV that then crashed.
- The victim was identified by local officials as a 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was observing the operation and was not a target of enforcement.
- The FBI and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are investigating as protests grow and Minneapolis’ mayor demands ICE leave the city.
- The shooting occurred as roughly 2,000-plus federal agents surge into Minnesota for what DHS calls its largest operation in the state, with officers injured in the incident expected to recover.