The agent fired defensive shots during a struggle to disarm the suspect, DHS said.
A federal officer fatally shot an armed person during a struggle to disarm the suspect in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
On Saturday morning, Border Patrol officers were attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant wanted for “violent assault” when an armed person approached them with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.
“The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,” DHS said in a statement.
“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.”
The department said the person had two additional magazines and no identification.
“This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” DHS said.
The incident comes amid anti-ICE protests in the city since protester Renee Good was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer after she appeared to hit a federal agent with her car during an immigration operation. Federal authorities maintain that the ICE agent acted in self-defense.
The shooting on Saturday prompted hundreds of protesters to flood the scene and “crowd control measures” had to be deployed, according to DHS.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged President Donald Trump to remove federal agents from the Twin Cities immediately.
“I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning,” Walz wrote in an X post on Jan. 24.
“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) joined Walz’s calls to remove federal immigration agents from Minnesota.
“Donald Trump and all your lieutenants who ordered this ICE surge: watch the horrific video of the killing today,” Sen. Klobuchar wrote in a post on X on Saturday.
The Epoch Times has reached out to the White House for a response.
This story will be updated.
By Jacki Thrapp
