Another person was shot by Federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, January 25, confirmed Governor Tim Walz in a post on X. Walz said he confirmed the report from the White House on the same day. He said that US President Donald Trump must end this. According to reports, the victim died on the spot after an ICE agent shot him at point-blank range.
US officials told CBS and Fox News that the suspect was armed with a firearm. “I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” Walz said in a social media post. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,” Walz wrote.
Visuals From the Spot
Videos circulating on social media appear to show several ICE agents struggling to pin down a person forcefully by holding him on the sidewalk while an officeris seen striking the person's head with an object. Further in the video, a gunshot is heard, the agents ran and the person fell on the ground. The video learned to be recorded by a passerby from a vehicle.
The incident took on the intersection between 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, according to the New York Times. After receiving the information, authorities in Minneapolis responded to the situation. However, the authorities said that they do not have immediate details about the victim's injuries.
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The reports of another shooting in Minneapolis came a day after several protests by people against the Trump administration for its crackdown on immigration in the city, where one woman was killed by an ICE agent earlier this month, and a man was shot in the leg by another.