{"id":430891,"date":"2026-01-24T20:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430891\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T20:00:12","slug":"homeland-security-agents-fatally-shoot-armed-protester-in-minneapolis-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/430891\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security agents fatally shoot armed protester in Minneapolis &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s governor says federal agents shot another person in Minneapolis Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning,\u201d Gov. Tim Walz wrote on social media. \u201cMinnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The City of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/minneapolis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minneapolis<\/a> confirmed reports of the incident, saying in a statement on social media, \u201cWe are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The City said officials are working to confirm additional details.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Homeland Security officials confirmed in a statement that at 9:05 a.m. CT, DHS law enforcement officers were conducting \u201ca targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault when an individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officers attempted to disarm the suspect, but the armed suspect violently resisted. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid, but the individual was pronounced dead at the scene,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11620877\/carney-davos-wef-speech-transcript\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769284811_21_CP175653730-e1768927793200.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRead the full transcript of Carney\u2019s speech to World Economic Forum\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11635687\/canada-public-sector-layoff-notices-10k\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769284812_749_military-base-strike.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPublic sector unions say nearly 10K employees got layoff notices this week\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said the suspect also had two magazines and no identification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 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,\u201d the statement further said.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the victim\u2019s identity is not yet available.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s comments come amid continued protests and legal disputes over the Jan.\u202f7 shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Good, a mother of three, was killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a federal operation, which is now being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>More to come.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on World<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Minnesota\u2019s governor says federal agents shot another person in Minneapolis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,3589,40953,179519,44,41,39,42,40,2845],"class_list":{"0":"post-430891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-ice","10":"tag-minneapolis","11":"tag-minneapolis-shooting","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories","17":"tag-u-s-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}