Minneapolis ICE shooting updates: Over 3,000 arrested in Minnesota, DHS says

Minneapolis officials said a crowd has gathered at the scene of a second shooting in a week in the city involving federal immigration officers.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the crowd amounted to an "unlawful assembly" and some people were throwing fireworks and rocks at officers.

"People need to leave. This is already a very tense situation and we do not need this to escalate any further," O'Hara told reporters at a news conference Wednesday night.

The Department of Homeland Security said a federal law enforcement officer shot a man who they said fled a "targeted" traffic stop and then attacked the officer. DHS also said two other people assaulted the officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.

"There's still a lot that we don't know at this time," Mayor Jacob Frey said. "But what I can tell you for certain is that this is not sustainable. This is an impossible situation that our city is being put in."

ICE agents and Border Patrol are "creating chaos," in the city, Frey said, adding, "I've seen conduct from ICE that is disgusting and is intolerable. If it were your city, it would be unacceptable there too."

 The mayor called on residents to protest peacefully. 

 "And for anyone that is taking the bait tonight -- stop," he said. "That is not helpful. Go home. We cannot counter Donald Trump's chaos with our own brand of chaos."

The police chief said the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI are on the scene to investigate the shooting.

"Preliminary information indicates that there was a struggle with a federal agent" in front of a residence on 24th Avenue North, O'Hara said. "During the struggle, the federal agent discharged his weapon, striking one adult male."

He said it was believed the man's gunshot wound was not life-threatening.

The Department of Homeland Security said a federal law enforcement officer shot a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, who they say had fled a traffic stop and then, along with two other people, began attacking the officer.

"Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life," DHS said in a statement on social media. "The initial subject was hit in the leg."

Both the officer and the person who was shot were taken to the hospital, DHS said.

DHS said federal law enforcement officers were conducting a "targeted traffic stop" Wednesday evening at 6:50 p.m. local time. The DHS statement identified the person being stopped as "an illegal alien from Venezuela."

DHS said the person took off in his car, crashed into a parked car and then fled on foot.

When the officer caught up to the person, "the subject began to resist and violently assault the officer," DHS said in the statement. "While the subject and law enforcement were in a struggle on the ground, two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and also attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle."

The statement added: "As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, the original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick."

After the officer fired, the three people ran back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside, DHS claimed in the statement.

It's unclear from the statement when and how an arrest was made, but DHS said both of the two people it alleges attacked the officer were taken into custody.

City officials in Minneapolis say they are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in the city Wednesday evening.

The announcement came in a social media post, which said officials were working to confirm additional details.

Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday night sharply criticized the federal government’s law enforcement presence in Minnesota, saying it is no longer about immigration enforcement but has become "a campaign of organized brutality."

"They're pulling over people indiscriminately, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers and at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at our schools," Walz said. "They're breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans."

He warned that conditions could get worse, pointing to a recent online post by former President Donald Trump promising a “day of retribution and reckoning."

Walz called for residents to protest "loudly, urgently, but also peacefully."

He also encouraged residents to document what they see to help create a clear record of what is happening across the state.

"You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities," Walz said. "So carry your phone with you at all times, and if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."