Jan. 24, 2026, 11:21 AM EST

Minnesota officials say federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man on Saturday in Minneapolis, where chaos ensued between protestors and officers near the scene of the incident.

“I just saw a video of more than six masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death,” Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference on Saturday. “How many more residents? How many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end? How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values?”

Minneapolis Chief Brian O’Hara said his department has been in touch with the Department of Homeland Security but said “they have not been able to provide us any specific details around the incident itself.”

O’Hara said at a news conference that he has seen the video circulating of the shooting, but that he does not know “what happened prior to the shooting.” O’Hara declined to reveal the name of the victim, but said he is a 37-year-old white Minneapolis resident.

“The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets, and we believe he is a lawful gun owner with a permit,” O’Hara added.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara confirmed that the victim, whom he identified as a 37-year-old white man, had died. He said officers did not know what happened prior to the shooting.

The Department of Homeland Security said on X that the man approached border patrol officers with a gun as they conducted a “targeted operation” on Saturday morning.

“The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,” DHS said. “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.”

DHS said the man had two magazines and did not carry identification, and claimed “this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called the shooting “horrific” and “sickening.”

A man was wrestled to the ground by several agents and shot at multiple times, as first reported by the Star Tribune, which obtained video recorded by an eyewitness. As people gathered near the scene after the shooting, uniformed officers — some wearing what appeared to be gas masks — were seen firing tear gas into the crowd.

A federal agent holds a weapon in the foreground while multiple agents try to arrest a protester in the background.

Although details of the shooting remain unclear, the National Border Patrol Council, which represents 18,000 agents, appeared to blame the victim for the shooting in an X post. The union suggested the man brandished a loaded gun and said “there are going to [sic] severe consequences and repercussions” in such encounters. Open and concealed carry are legal in Minnesota with a permit.

Walz said in a post on X that he had spoken to the White House “after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning.”

“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” Walz said. “The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar criticized the Trump administration in a number of posts on X Saturday and called on her Republican colleagues to speak up.

“Donald Trump and all your lieutenants who ordered this ICE surge: watch the horrific video of the killing today. The world is watching,” she said. “Thousands of citizens stopped and harassed. Local police no longer able to do their work. Kids hiding. Schools closed. Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW. And Republicans in congress: Stop your silence and stop being complicit.”

There has been another shooting involving federal agents in Minneapolis and I am working to get more information. I will update as soon as possible. To the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress who have stood silent: Get ICE out of our state NOW.
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 24, 2026

The state has been on edge, with mass protests following the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent, and federal law enforcement officers’ large and aggressive presence in the state.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.