By Alyssa Lukpat
A federal immigration agent shot and injured a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis Wednesday, authorities said, a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman in the city.
The Department of Homeland Security said an officer shot the subject in the leg after he fled a traffic stop. The subject and two other people then struck the officer with a shovel or broom handle, DHS said. The agent and the immigrant were taken to a hospital.
The shooting unfolded during a tense week for Minneapolis, where protesters are criticizing the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an operation last week. The Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement in the city and sent thousands of agents to make arrests this month.
The city of Minneapolis said Wednesday that federal immigration agents shot a man who was then taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. "We understand there is anger. We ask the public to remain calm," the city said on social media Wednesday night.
DHS said the immigrant fled the traffic stop in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car before fleeing on foot. The officer caught up to him on foot and got into a struggle with the immigrant on the ground. Two people came out of a nearby apartment and joined the struggle with a snow shovel or broom handle, DHS said.
The agency said the immigrant got loose and struck the officer with the shovel or broom piece before the officer shot him. DHS said the officer fired the shot in self defense. The immigrant and the two other people ran back to the nearby apartment and barricaded themselves inside, DHS said.
DHS said the immigrant came to the U.S. in 2022.
Write to Alyssa Lukpat at alyssa.lukpat@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 14, 2026 23:40 ET (04:40 GMT)
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