ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman in her car on Wednesday, federal officials said.

Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and another top DHS official both claimed that the dead woman engaged in an “act of domestic terrorism” by intentionally trying to run down ICE agents.

But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the city’s police chief scoffed at that claim, calling it “bulls—,” and “a garbage narrative,” respectively.

Video of the incident that was posted on social media shows the woman being shot within seconds by ICE agents when she began driving off in her vehicle, which had been blocking their truck, after being told to exit it.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said his department secured the “crime scene” and that the incident is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. O’Hara said the state bureau will probe “whether any state laws … have been violated.”

Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, in a post on X, said, “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking  ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism.

Video from the scene posted on social media shows ICE officers pulling up to a group of cars parked on a suburban street.

“Get the f— out of our neighborhood,” a woman is heard saying on the video, apparently from behind the camera.

ICE agents then quickly exited their truck and walked up to a vehicle blocking the road, saying, “Ma’am, get out of the car, out of the car, get out of the f—ing car,” the video shows.

The car then backs up slightly and begins pulling away, at which point at least three shots are fired. Less than three seconds pass between the car reversing and moving forward, and the beginning of the gunfire.

“Oh f—ing, God!” a woman screams on the video.

The vehicle that was shot at quickly crashes down the street into another car.

“Dude, you did a murder, for what?” a man yells on the video.

Article source: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/07/ice-dhs-minneapolis-shooting.html