MINNEAPOLIS — A second Minneapolis resident has been killed by federal agents in less than three weeks, igniting outrage across Minnesota and intensifying calls for an immediate end to aggressive immigration enforcement operations in the city.
The man, identified by city officials as a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen, was shot and killed Saturday morning near Nicollet Avenue and East 26th Street during a Department of Homeland Security operation. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed the man had no prior criminal record and was a lawful gun owner with a valid permit to carry.
Despite that, federal officials allege the man approached agents with a firearm during an operation targeting someone else — a claim city and state leaders say remains largely unsupported by evidence shared with local authorities.
“This is not sustainable,” O’Hara said bluntly, acknowledging that local officials have received “very limited” information from federal agencies about what led to the fatal shooting.
Conflicting Accounts, Graphic Video
The Department of Homeland Security claims agents attempted to disarm the man and that he “violently resisted,” prompting an agent to fire what DHS describes as “defensive shots.”
But video reviewed by WCCO tells a far more disturbing story.
The footage shows multiple federal agents surrounding a person on the ground. At least one agent appears to strike the man repeatedly with a firearm before several gunshots are heard. Moments later, agents scatter.
The man was transported to Hennepin Healthcare, where he was pronounced dead.
City Leaders: “Another American Shot to Death”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey did not mince words after viewing the video.
“I’ve seen the footage of agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death,” Frey said. “How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?”
Frey directly called on Donald Trump to pull federal agents out of the city, framing the moment as a test of leadership rather than politics.
“This is a moment to put Minneapolis — and America — first,” Frey said.
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Waqmlz Demands State Take Control
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirmed he has spoken with the White House and is demanding that the state, not federal agencies, lead the investigation.
“Another horrific shooting by federal agents,” Walz said. “This is sickening. Federal agents must not obstruct our ability to secure justice.”
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI are now at the scene, though local officials have stressed that control of evidence and access remains a concern.
Protests, Chemical Agents, and an “Unlawful Assembly”
As word of the killing spread, crowds gathered near the scene. Federal agents deployed chemical irritants as tensions escalated. The Minnesota State Patrol later declared an “unlawful assembly.”
Protesters carried signs, American flags flown upside down — a symbol of national distress — and chanted demands for ICE to leave Minnesota entirely.
“This is not OK for our city,” said one woman who traveled to the scene to support demonstrators. “We are under attack by this administration, and people are dying.”
A Pattern That Can’t Be Ignored
Saturday’s killing comes less than three weeks after a federal immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good, also 37, in south Minneapolis — a case still under investigation that has already strained relations between federal agencies and local leaders.
In the last 24 hours alone, tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched through downtown Minneapolis demanding an end to ICE operations, citing fear, intimidation, and escalating violence.
Now, another man is dead.
Another family is grieving.
And state and city leaders are asking a question that grows louder with every incident:
How many more Americans have to die before this operation ends?
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