A crowd of people gathered at the scene of the second shooting in a week in the city that involved federal immigration officers, Minneapolis officials said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the crowd was an “unlawful assembly” and some people were throwing fireworks and rocks at officers.
Law enforcement officers stand after a shooting on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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“People need to leave. This situation is already very tense and we don’t want this to escalate any further,” O’Hara told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday evening.
The Department of Homeland Security said a federal law enforcement officer shot a man 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 a broom handle.
Law enforcement officers at the scene of a reported shooting on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 in Minneapolis.
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“There is still a lot we don’t know right now,” said Mayor Jacob Frey. “But what I can tell you with certainty is that this situation is not sustainable. This is an impossible situation that our city is in.”
Frey said ICE and Border Patrol agents were “creating chaos” in the city, adding, “I’ve seen behavior from ICE that is disgusting and unacceptable. If it were your city, it would be unacceptable there, too.”
The mayor called on residents to protest peacefully.
A protesting community member tries to protect themselves as federal agents fire munitions and pepper balls, as tensions rise after federal law enforcement agents were involved in a shooting incident, a week after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot Renee Nicole Judd, in North Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on January 14, 2026.
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“And to anyone who takes the bait tonight, stop,” he said. “This is not helpful. Go home. We cannot meet Donald Trump’s chaos with our own kind of chaos.”
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the FBI are on scene investigating the shooting, the police chief said.
“Preliminary information indicates there was a struggle with a federal agent” in front of a home on North 24th Street, O’Hara said. “During the fight, the federal agent discharged his weapon, striking an adult male.”
He added that it is believed that the man’s bullet wound was not life-threatening.
Federal law enforcement officers stand against protesters after a shooting on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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