Authorities respond as federal officers launch major operation targeting Somali residents
Officials in Minneapolis reported a shooting involving federal agents on Wednesday, with local sources claiming that a female driver who was observing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents was shot in the face.
Federal authorities have been conducting a major immigration enforcement operation in the Minnesota city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.
Live video posted online showed a large presence of federal officers, local officers, yellow police tape and cars that had been in a crash. Commander Gregory Bovino, of US Customs and Border Protection was in the group.
Jacob Frey, the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis, posted on X that he was “aware of a shooting involving an ICE agent at 34th Street & Portland” before condemning ICE’s presence in Minneapolis.
