ICE agent shoots and kills woman during Minneapolis raid

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One ‍person is dormant aft an ICE serviceman connected a large-scale ⁠immigration cognition ​in Minneapolis changeable and killed a pistillate who allegedly “weaponized” ⁠her vehicle.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement serviceman changeable the pistillate successful her conveyance connected Wednesday successful a residential neighbourhood successful Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said successful a statement.

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“An ICE officer, fearing for ​his ‌life, the lives of his chap instrumentality enforcement and ‌the information of ‌the public, ⁠fired antiaircraft shots,” McLaughlin wrote successful a station ‌on X.

Mayor Jacob Frey alleged the serviceman “recklessly” changeable her, adding migration agents were “causing chaos successful our city.”

“We are demanding ICE permission the metropolis and authorities immediately. We basal stone coagulated with our migrant and exile communities,” Frey said connected societal media.

The shooting marks a melodramatic escalation of the latest successful a bid of migration enforcement operations successful large American cities nether the Trump administration.

The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul person been connected borderline since DHS announced connected Tuesday it launched the cognition with 2,000 agents and officers expected to enactment successful the crackdown tied successful portion to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.

A ample throng of protesters gathered astatine the country aft Wednesday’s shooting and vented their choler astatine the section and national officers there.

“Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “ICE retired of Minnesota!”, they loudly chanted from down the constabulary tape.

The country wherever the shooting occurred is simply a humble vicinity southbound of downtown Minneapolis, conscionable a fewer blocks from immoderate of the oldest migrant markets successful the country and 1.6km (1 mile) from wherever George Floyd was killed by constabulary successful 2020.