A woman has died after being shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis.
It comes amid a major immigration enforcement crackdown with more than 2,000 agents deployed in the city.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said the 37-year-old woman was shot when she tried to “weaponise” her vehicle and attempted to run over an officer in her car.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey lashed out at the claims in a press conference, hitting out at ICE.
He said the claims were “bull****” before telling officers to “get the f*** out” of the US city.
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defence. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bull****,” he said.
ICE is the federal US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency responsible for homeland security investigations.
It also carries out removal operations against people the US decides are in the country illegally.
Officers cordoned off the scene
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The FBI has launched an investigation into the shooting, Minneapolis officials confirmed.
Multiple videos have surfaced online which appears to show the moment agents opened fire on a woman.
The videos, taken from various vantage points, show a maroon SUV parked blocking a residential street in Minneapolis.
Multiple people, who appear to be protesting, are walking along the sidewalk while one person stands in the road with their phone out appearing to record the incident.
Three pops are heard and the vehicle appears to lose control and crash into a white car parked on the side of the street.
The agent then appears to get out the way of the vehicle while people recording nearby scream.
President Trump deployed an additional 2,000 federal agents to the Minneapolis area in recent weeks in response to allegations of welfare fraud.
The deployment began on Sunday and represents one of the largest concentrations of Department of Homeland Security personnel in a US city in recent years.
The vehicle after the incident
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ICE carried out an immigration enforcement campaign in late 2025 to target individuals in Minneapolis who were issued deportation orders, including members of the Somali community in the city.
Mr Trump called them “garbage”, adding “I don’t want them in our country. I’ll be honest with you.
“Their country’s no good for a reason. Their country stinks.”
