Border Patrol shoots armed individual in Minneapolis, Fox News learns
A Border Patrol member shot an armed individual in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday at the intersection of East 26th Street and Nicollet Ave., Fox News has learned.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference that the suspect was a 37-year-old White male who is a Minneapolis resident and who they believe to be an American citizen.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News that the suspect was armed with a gun and two magazines.
“At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun,” DHS said in a statement.
DHS said that the officers attempted to disarm the suspect, who then “violently resisted.”
“Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene,” DHS said. “The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”
DHS claimed that following the incident, approximately 200 agitators arrived at the scene and began to “obstruct and assault law enforcement,” leading to the implementation of crowd control measures.
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said, “The scene must be secured by local law enforcement for preservation of evidence. We expect the federal government to allow the BCA to process the scene.”
The prosecutor also put out a call to the public to submit photos and videos of the incident.
The Minneapolis Police Department asked for the public to remain calm in the wake of Saturday’s incident.
“We are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave. We are working to confirm additional details. We ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area. Please follow the City’s social media channels for updates,” the Minneapolis Police Department said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz condemned the shooting and called on the Trump administration to end its operation in his state.
“I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” Walz wrote on X. “The president must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, both Democrats representing Minnesota, also spoke out following the shooting. Smith called the incident “catastrophic” and called on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “leave now so MPD can secure the scene and do their jobs.”
Meanwhile, Klobuchar issued a message on X to the Trump administration and Republicans.
“To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW,” she wrote.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., called the incident “an execution by immigration enforcement.”
“I am absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled that federal agents murdered another member of our community. It is beyond shameful these federal agents are targeting our residents instead of protecting them,” Omar said in a post on X.
“This isn’t isolated or accidental. The Trump administration is trying to beat us into submission rather than protect us,” she added.
Omar accused the Trump administration of violating the Constitution “under the guise of immigration enforcement” and demanded ICE and CBP “leave Minnesota immediately.”
“Minnesota was once a place of refuge, and Trump has turned it into a war zone where unchecked federal forces murder our neighbors,” Omar added.
Tensions between federal immigration enforcement and agitators in Minnesota have been high since the fatal Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent. Her death sparked a wave of protests nationwide and raised questions about the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, as well as other Minnesota officials, have been highly critical of how federal immigration forces have handled the operation. Following the shooting of Good, Frey told ICE to “get the f— out of Minneapolis.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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