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Federal agents shoot, kill another U.S. citizen in Minnesota

Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Minnesota officials confirmed on Saturday that another Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting death happened in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said during a news conference that
local officials have identified the man who agents wrestled to the ground
as he allegedly resisted arrest before the shooting as a U.S. citizen.

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that an alleged illegal alien wanted for deadly assault approached Border Patrol officers
with a handgun. When officers tried to disarm him, he resisted and an agent fired "defensive shots."

Medics on the scene delivered medical aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene, department officials said.

According to O'Hara, the man also is believed to have had a permit to
legally carry a gun in Minnesota, where state law allows people to openly carry or conceal a weapon as long as they have a permit, according to the Times.
Thousands of protesters march in sub-zero temperatures during "ICE Out" day to protest the federal government's immigration
enforcement surge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday. Photo by Craig Lassig/UPI
Thousands of protesters march in sub-zero temperatures during "ICE Out" day
to protest the federal government's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Friday. Photo by Craig Lassig/UPI

The shooting happened on the city's south side, where federal agents have engaged with people protesting the ongoing immigration actions in the city
-- including with tear gas and other chemicals -- CBS News and The New York Times reported.

Gov. Tim Walz, as well as U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, said they had already spoken with the White House after reports of the shooting surfaced, which would be the third in Minneapolis since ICE's ongoing "Operation Metro
Surge" started in December.

In a post on X, Walz said "Minnesota has had it. This is sickening."

"The President must end this operation," Walz posted. "Pull the thousands
of violent, untrained officers out of Minnessota. Now."

Klobuchar, in a post on X, called on Republicans in Congress to "stop your silence and stop being complicit" and urged President Donald Trump "and all your lieutenants who ordered this ICE surge: watch the horrific video of
the killing today."

"The world is watching," she said. "Thousands of citizens stopped and harassed. Local police no longer able to do their work. Kids hiding.
Schools closed. Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW."

On Friday, thousands of protesters in Minneapolis participated in "ICE
Out" day, which included large marches and gatherings, including a group of clergy that was arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport and businesses throughout the city shutting down as people avoided spending money.
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Saturday's shooting would be the third time an ICE official has shot in the city someone since Jan. 7, when officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good after she allegedly tried to run him over.

A week later, on Jan. 15, a Venezuelan immigrant allegedly in the country illegally fled arrest, crashing his vehicle into a parked car and taking
off on foot.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, the immigrant violently resisted arrest and, after two other people attacked the ICE agent with a shovel and a broom handle, was shot in the leg.

Protests, as well as the number of constitutional watchers who blow
whistles and yell to alert neighborhoods that ICE is conducting raids
nearby, have ratcheted up significantly since both shootings. Good's death
has also sparked protests nationwide.

Additionally, local police have reported they have received "endless complaints" from U.S. citizens, city officials and off-duty officers who
have been stopped "with no cause" and asked to prove their citizenship.

The stops have been blamed on skin color or accent, with one encounter with
an off-duty officer who reportedly had guns pulled on her, police said.
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