Federal agent shot and killed armed man, Homeland Security tells BBCpublished at 17:37 GMT
17:37 GMTBreaking
Sakshi Venkatraman
US reporter
The US Department of Homeland Security has confirmed to the BBC that a federal officer shot and killed a man in Minneapolis at 09:05 local time (15:05 GMT) this morning.
Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin says Border Patrol officers were carrying out a “targeted operation” on an “illegal alien wanted for violent assault” when someone approached with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.
“The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,” McLaughlin says.
“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.”
McLaughlin adds the suspect had two magazines and no identification, and that protestors arrived on the scene afterwards “to obstruct and assault law enforcement”.