Multiple reports have come in showing what appeared to be federal officers shooting a suspect in Minneapolis, a city already at the heart of increased tensions between the immigration enforcement and local protestors.
According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, an altercation between an unknown person and Border Patrol agents resulted in one of the agents shooting the person.
BREAKING: Multiple law enforcement sources tell me there has just been a Border Patrol involved shooting in Minneapolis near 26th Street & Nicollet Ave. with Border Patrol shooting a person. I’m told the person is “down” and medics are working on them. No details yet on who it…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 24, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also confirmed to Fox News that the person was armed. Melugin also provided an image of the weapon.
BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews the suspect was armed with a gun, which has been recovered by federal agents. pic.twitter.com/GLZJMdwIup
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 24, 2026
There is a video of the incident circulating on social media. However, we have chosen not to publish the video due to the content.
Tensions Rising in Minneapolis
The city has been at the heart of tensions between anti-ICE protestors and federal officers sent in to target illegal immigrants as part of the Trump administration’s push to remove them from U.S. soil. It is still roiling from the shooting of Renee Good, an activist who was shot and killed by an ICE agent she struck with her vehicle.
Democrats have blasted the ICE agent’s actions, and protestors have become more aggressive in trying to interfere with ICE and Border Patrol operations in the city. Multiple Democrat officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey, and Attorney General Keith Ellison, have defended the protestors.
This most recent incident has the potential to stir up more controversy, as sides are already forming online. Activists on the left are calling it another “murder” while voices on the right point to the DHS claim of a gun to justify the shooting.
