Overview
- DHS confirmed an ICE officer shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis during a large-scale operation that has brought roughly 2,000 federal personnel to the Twin Cities and produced more than 1,000 arrests, with officials linking the push to alleged childcare-fraud probes involving the Somali community.
- Bystander videos show agents approaching a stopped SUV, an officer trying the driver’s door, the vehicle reversing and then moving forward, and another agent firing multiple rounds at close range.
- Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Police Chief Brian O’Hara rejected the self-defense narrative, saying the 37-year-old U.S. citizen was not a target of the operation and demanding that ICE leave the city.
- DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin and Secretary Kristi Noem said the driver tried to run over officers and called the incident an act of domestic terrorism, a claim echoed by President Donald Trump.
- Protests erupted at the scene and authorities announced reviews of the lethal force incident, adding to tensions as the federal deployment continues across Minneapolis–St. Paul.