Overview
- Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes district-wide for Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 9 with no e-learning, citing safety concerns tied to citywide incidents.
- Videos and eyewitnesses reported apparent ICE or Border Patrol officers at Roosevelt High School during dismissal, with agents tackling people and deploying pepper spray.
- Roosevelt administrators sought to remove federal officers from school grounds as two staff members were handcuffed and bystanders described chaotic confrontations.
- Green Central Elementary went into lockdown after the morning shooting nearby, and parents rushed to pick up students as fear spread through the neighborhood.
- Federal officials describe the shooting as self-defense during a targeted operation, while witnesses dispute that account and Mayor Jacob Frey has publicly rejected it.