Man Shot Dead By Federal Agents In US City Minneapolis

Los Angeles: A man was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, the largest city in the US state of Minnesota, on Saturday morning, authorities said.

The incident marks the latest deadly encounter during an ongoing federal immigration enforcement operation in the city.

Witnesses were quoted as saying by local media that the man was shot multiple times in the chest before being transported to a nearby hospital.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that "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."

"The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted," said the statement. "Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots."

The suspect had no ID, the statement added.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on X that he "just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning."

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

This is the third shooting involving federal law enforcement officers in the city this month. The first occurred on Jan. 7, when a 37-year-old US citizen, Renee Good, was fatally shot by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. On Jan. 14, an ICE agent shot a Venezuelan national in the leg during an attempted arrest, according to the DHS.

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