Minneapolis Shooting: 37-Year-Old Man Killed by ICE Agents Was US Citizen, Say Police; DHS Says 'No ID'

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara said the 37-year-old man, who died on Saturday morning, January 24, was a US citizen and resident of Minneapolis. He said after receiving the information, the police reached the spot at around 9.03 am and found officers of the Federal department in the area of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave on the southside of the city.

O'Hara said when officers arrived at the scene found a male with gun wounds. He was transported by ambulance to help at the medical centre, where he was pronounced dead. The chief said that we have not said what led to the shooting, but he said we have seen the video which was circulated on social media.

🚨 BREAKING: The Minneapolis police chief just REFUSED TO MENTION that the man shot by agents was ARMED with a handgun and two magazines

HE IS EVIL.

He is making an armed police resister out to be a hero.

RESIGN. pic.twitter.com/DiSr9C2anz

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 24, 2026

 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a statement on the shooting in Minneapolis, where an alleged illegal immigrant was shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during an operation against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault.

DHS claimed that the deceased man approached law enforcement officers with a '9 mm semi-automatic handgun.' "US Border Patrol officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted," DHS in a post on X (formerly Twitter) about the incident.

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In a self-defence fellow officer fired 'defensive' shots at the man, leading to his death despite medical aid at the spot. "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.

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, seen here.

The officers attempted to… pic.twitter.com/5Y50mYONGH

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 24, 2026

The Homeland Security Department said that the deceased suspect was carrying 2 magazines and no ID. "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement."

"About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement. This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming," DHS concluded the post.

A new video appears to show the moments leading up to a fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, with the individual appearing to simply record on his phone as agents escalated the situation.

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— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) January 24, 2026

Another video circulated on social media shows the Federal agents converging on the man. Further in the video, they pushed him onto the road's sidewalk. A video was recorded from a car.

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