On Wednesday, prominent Democrats, including Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar and Governor Tim Walz, both Democrats, voiced their outrage after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), however, said the shooting was in response to an agent’s life being threatened and that it was “the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians.”
In a statement on X, Walz, who is facing a tidal wave of fraud accusations from federal officials, claimed in response to a DHS post, “I’ve seen the video. Don’t believe this propaganda machine. The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice.”
Following news of the shooting, Omar said: “ICE must stop terrorizing our communities and leave our city.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey echoed her response, urging agents to leave the city immediately.
“I have a message for ICE. To ICE: Get the f*** out of Minneapolis,” Frey said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite.
“People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart. Long-term Minneapolis residents that have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture, to our economy are being terrorized. Now, somebody is dead. That’s on you, and it’s also on you to leave. It’s on you to make sure that further damage, further loss of life and injury is not done,” he further claimed.
The Department of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump has repeatedly attributed a rise in violence against federal agents to sanctuary policies and the Democratic officials who support them. Democrats and immigration advocates counter that immigrants, regardless of legal status, are entitled to humane treatment and that protesters have a right to express their views peacefully, Newsweek reported.
That said, it is against the law to impede federal agents in the course of performing their duties. And the administration argues that includes immigration officers performing removal operations of individuals who are in the country illegally.
Omar, Walz, and other officials were responding to reports of an ICE officer-involved shooting in Minneapolis’ Central neighborhood early Wednesday. At the time of their initial statements, authorities had not confirmed whether the shooting was fatal.
Video of the incident appears to show a woman, later identified as Nicole Good, gunning the engine of her SUV as ICE agents approached her vehicle and demanded she get out after blocking their vehicle on a Minneapolis street.
The video appears to show her vehicle striking an ICE agent who discharged his weapon into her vehicle, killing her.
Walz, however, appeared to indicate that charges may be coming for the federal agent. He took to X, saying: “My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning. We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm.”
For his part, Frey also urged residents to remain peaceful.
“If you’re angry, I get it. I am too. If you’re feeling that kind of despair, it’s understandable. Let’s show them who we can be. Let’s show up with peace to march to protest, to hug one another. To love all the way with peace. Do not give them what they want,” he said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara later informed reporters that, to his knowledge, the woman who was killed was not a target of immigration enforcement. Upon arriving at the scene, police discovered the woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the head, O’Hara noted. She was quickly transported to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she was sadly pronounced dead, Newsweek added.
O’Hara added that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was investigating a deadly use of force, the outlet continued.
