Minneapolis shooting involving ICE agents leads to 37-year-old armed man (US citizen) shot dead as federal agents attempted to arrest man. Scene caught on video in as Department of Homeland Security issue release stating that agents feared for their lives…
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, according to local and federal officials, prompting a clash between authorities and more than 100 protesters who descended upon the scene.
The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately clear, but video circulating on social media (see below – scene caught in both regular and slow motion speed) shows federal agents, wrestling an adult male down on the sidewalk while at least one officer strikes the person with an object. An apparent gunshot is heard, and several more appear to follow. The agents scatter and a person falls to the ground.
Minneapolis 37-year-old U.S citizen w/ legal gun permit shot dead by federal agents
Alex Jeffrey Pretti new video angle raises troubling questions
The shooting occurred just after 9 a.m, Saturday morning, near the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, officials said, near a Glam Doll Donuts location. Dozens of protesters at the site blew whistles and angrily demanded that police officers arrest the federal agents. In response, law enforcement officials deployed tear gas and flash bangs to try to disperse the crowd, the nytimes reported.
The Department of Homeland Security gave its account of the shooting on social media, saying that it started with ‘a targeted operation’ involving ICE agents seeking a person in the country illegally and wanted for assault. While that was going on, the department said someone approached Border Patrol agents ‘with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun,’ (see below) and that agents tried to disarm him, leading to ‘an armed struggle.’ They said an agent was in fear for his life and fired shots. The person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Minneapolis man was trying to help protester when fed agents shot 37-year-old dead
Fatal shooting leads to hundreds of protesters descending on scene
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the person shot is believed to be a 37-year-old US citizen who lived in the city. With the victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
The chief said officials have identified the man – who is believed to have had a gun permit – though his name has not yet been released. Minnesota law allows permit holders to openly carry handguns in public without concealing them
Minneapolis police officers were dispatched to the scene and as of around 11:20 a.m., they were working to keep a growing crowd separated from federal agents as tensions escalated. More than 100 people have gathered in the area as word of the shooting spreads, with protesters yelling at agents and blocking streets
The shooting came a day after thousands of people protested against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, and hundreds of businesses shut down in solidarity. This would be the third shooting involving federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis this month, including the killing of Renee Nicole Good, 37, on Jan. 7.
