MINNEAPOLIS — Federal agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis, state and local officials said Saturday.
The incident, captured on a video posted to Facebook and verified by NBC News, happened in the area of West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
“We are working to confirm additional details. We ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area,” the city said in a Facebook post.
Though the details of what led to the shooting remain unclear, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that the suspect who was shot had “a firearm with two magazines.”
A state official confirmed the man had died.
Two intersections in South Minneapolis have been blocked from traffic. Dozens of masked federal immigration officers are on the scene, and protesters have started to gather, with some shouting “murderer” and yelling at agents.
Officers have let off some tear gas and pepper bombs.
Federal agents block off the scene of a shooting in Minneapolis.Stephen Maturen / Getty Images
Tear gas is deployed by law enforcement as demonstrators gather near the site of the shooting.Roberto Schmidt / AFP – Getty Images
At least one protester was seen on an NBC News video being taken to the ground and placed in handcuffs after agents started to move demonstrators back from the scene. The protester’s face appeared bloodied when agents picked him up.
Minneapolis residents said they were frustrated and angry about the continued violence, weeks after Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
“It just really infuriates me because they’re going to try to keep coming and they’re going to keep hurting people and we have to keep on standing up,” said Andrew Collier, a Minneapolis resident.
“We can’t let them get comfortable with what they’re doing,” Collier added. “And that means showing up whenever they do something terrible like this, or anytime they’re in our streets.”
Elisabeth Pletcher, 57, opened the doors to a nearby yoga studio where she works to let protesters take cover from tear gas and pepper bombs. Dozens of protesters and journalists gathered inside, some wiping tear gas out of their eyes, watching the chaotic scene unfold outside.
“It’s absolutely atrocious. It is absolutely counter to everything that should be happening in the world,” she said. “We can be using these resources to feed people and to educate people and to take care of each other, and instead they are sowing fear and violence.”
Protesters confront federal agents after a person was shot in Minneapolis.Stephen Maturen / Getty Images
Gov. Tim Walz said he spoke to the White House.
“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” he said in a post on X. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
