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A man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis early Saturday morning, the second death this month at the hands of law enforcement in the city that has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a 37-year-old US citizen died after a clash with immigration agents, and called for calm as demonstrations spread across the city.
Video footage of the incident shows law enforcement officers shooting a man multiple times at close range before pinning him to the ground.
There have been repeated clashes between law enforcement and protesters in Minneapolis amid a sweeping immigration crackdown and deportation campaign directed by President Donald Trump.
The woman, Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on January 7. A week later, a Venezuelan immigrant was shot and survived.
Trump posted a photo of the shooting Saturday afternoon, saying the victim’s gun was “loaded … and ready to go.” The president wrote on Truth Social, “Let our icy patriots do their job!”
Video captured shortly before the incident shows a man recording officers on his phone before an officer arrives to confront him. Another video shows several officers attempting to take him into custody just before the shooting.
The Department of Homeland Security said officers were conducting an immigration operation just after 9 a.m. local time on Saturday when a man approached them with a semi-automatic handgun.
Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said agents “attempted to disarm the individual, but he violently resisted”.
“Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, a Border Patrol agent fired defensive shots,” Bovino said.
City Police Chief O’Hara said the man was a “lawful gun owner with a permit to carry” and that his only known prior interactions with law enforcement were for traffic offenses.
Protests started in the city after the shooting. Video footage showed tear gas being fired as officers tried to disperse the growing number of protesters on the streets, many wearing gas masks and chanting Goode’s name and “our streets”.
O’Hara said that local police had “given out multiple warnings to disperse the crowd” and had asked people to leave the area. State troopers were also present at the scene along with local police, many of whom were armed with batons.
“We ask everyone to remain calm and please not destroy our own city,” O’Hara said.
Trump has deployed ICE agents en masse to major Democrat-led cities including Los Angeles and Chicago to detain undocumented immigrants, leading to a standoff over jurisdiction between local and federal authorities.
Minneapolis police said they have not been provided with any additional information from federal counterparts following Saturday’s shooting.
“I saw a video of over six masked agents assaulting one of our constituents, shooting him,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference Saturday.
“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or be seriously injured for this operation to end?”
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz called on the administration to remove federal agents from the city and allow local authorities to conduct any investigations that occur.
“The federal occupation of Minnesota stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement a long time ago,” Walz said at a news conference.
“This is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state. And today, that campaign has taken another life.”
