Overview
- Court records and local reporting identify the shooter as Jonathan Ross, a Minneapolis-based member of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Special Response Team with more than a decade of experience.
- Records show Ross was the officer dragged roughly 100 yards during a June 17, 2025 arrest attempt in Bloomington; a federal jury later convicted the driver of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
- Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Vice President JD Vance publicly defended Ross, describing the shooting as self-defense, while Noem labeled the alleged vehicle maneuver an act of “domestic terrorism.”
- Bystander video and local officials dispute the federal account; footage shows shots fired as the SUV moved, and Minnesota leaders criticize the loss of state oversight of the probe.
- KSTP and CBS report Ross was treated after Wednesday’s incident, and DHS policy cited in coverage restricts shooting at moving vehicles to narrow circumstances involving imminent threats with no reasonable alternative.