Overview
- DHS says a targeted traffic stop at about 6:50 p.m. CT involved a man it described as Venezuelan who fled by car, crashed into a parked vehicle, then ran before an agent caught up to him.
- According to the agency, two people struck the agent with a snow shovel and a broom handle during a struggle, prompting the officer to fire and wound the pursued man in the leg.
- Authorities said the wounded man and the agent were hospitalized, and the two additional individuals were later taken into custody.
- Reporters on scene observed large crowds and confrontations as federal officers deployed tear gas and pepper-ball type rounds to disperse people near the incident site.
- The clash reignited unrest in a city still dealing with last week’s fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good, as DHS publicly blamed Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey for encouraging organized resistance to federal enforcement.