DHS: ICE agents shoot, kill armed Minneapolis man; protests erupt

(The Center Square) – Federal agents shot and killed an armed man in Minneapolis Saturday morning, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.

“At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 MM semi-automatic handgun…” DHS said in a social media post. “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted.”

The DHS post continued: “Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene.”

Minneapolis Police said the man was a 37-year-old resident of the city.

Protestors gathered at the scene and began clashing with law enforcement shortly after the shooting. DHS said “crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enfor...