UPDATE 2: The Department of Homeland Security has issued a statement to Fox News on this morning's shooting, adding context to the events only seen on a cell phone video that went viral across social media Saturday morning.
“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 told Fox News. "The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming."
BREAKING: DHS statement to @FoxNews re: the Border Patrol shooting of an armed subject in Minneapolis today:
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 24, 2026
“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…
"Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots," the statement continued. "Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement."
"This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming,” DHS said.
See original reporting and previous updates below.
UPDATE: The person shot during an altercation with Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis has died, according to the Associated Press.
"A 51-year-old man shot Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by The Associated Press shows," the AP reported Saturday.
The shooting comes amid frequent unrest in the city after the shooting of Renee Good earlier this month. See our original story below.
ORIGINAL STORY
Multiple reports have come in showing what appeared to be federal officers shooting a suspect in Minneapolis, a city already at the heart of increased tensions between immigration enforcement and local protestors.
According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, an altercation between an unknown person and Border Patrol agents resulted in one of the agents shooting the person.
BREAKING: Multiple law enforcement sources tell me there has just been a Border Patrol involved shooting in Minneapolis near 26th Street & Nicollet Ave. with Border Patrol shooting a person. I’m told the person is “down” and medics are working on them. No details yet on who it…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 24, 2026
No details yet on who it was or what led up to the shooting.
Working sources and will update when I have more.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also confirmed to Fox News that the person was armed. Melugin also provided an image of the weapon.
BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews the suspect was armed with a gun, which has been recovered by federal agents. pic.twitter.com/GLZJMdwIup
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 24, 2026
There is a video of the incident circulating on social media. However, we have chosen not to publish the video due to the content.
Tensions Rising in Minneapolis
The city has been at the heart of tensions between anti-ICE protestors and federal officers sent in to target illegal immigrants as part of the Trump administration's push to remove them from U.S. soil. It is still roiling from the shooting of Renee Good, an activist who was shot and killed by an ICE agent she struck with her vehicle.
Democrats have blasted the ICE agent's actions, and protestors have become more aggressive in trying to interfere with ICE and Border Patrol operations in the city. Multiple Democrat officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey, and Attorney General Keith Ellison, have defended the protestors.
This most recent incident has the potential to stir up more controversy, as sides are already forming online. Activists on the left are calling it another "murder" while voices on the right point to the DHS claim of a gun to justify the shooting.
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