Overview
- DHS says a 37-year-old driver 'weaponized' her vehicle and calls the incident an act of domestic terrorism, asserting the ICE officer fired in self-defense.
- Video circulating from the scene and some eyewitness accounts appear to show the car driving away as shots were fired, contradicting the federal narrative.
- Minneapolis police reported the victim had a gunshot wound to the head; the shooting occurred near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue during a federal operation.
- Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz denounced the DHS account and urged ICE to leave, as protesters confronted agents and officers used pepper spray and tear gas.
- The killing unfolded during a DHS surge that has brought roughly 2,000 federal agents to Minnesota for expanded immigration and fraud enforcement, intensifying tensions in the Twin Cities.