US citizen shot dead in Minneapolis by federal agents amid immigration crackdown: Police

Amid an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, US federal agents shot and killed a person on Saturday (Jan 24). Minnesota Governor Tim Walz confirmed it on social media while saying that he had spoken to the White House after the “horrific shooting” incident.

“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,” Walz wrote on social media. As per the Minneapolis police, the victim was a 37-year-old man. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said he believed the person to be a Minneapolis resident and a US citizen.

A purported footage of the incident was circulated on social media showing a group of US law enforcement officers wrestling a person to the ground before several gunshots were heard. This came just weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman named Renee Nicole Good in her car.

Walz has activated the State Emergency Operations Center, a source in the governor’s office told CNN. The center “is where state, local and federal agencies coordinate the response to a disaster, emergency or terrorist event,” according to a state website.

“The governor, state director of emergency management and homeland security and other agencies direct all state resources at this center when responding to and recovering from an event,” the website reads.