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Protesters and federal agents clashed in Minneapolis from Wednesday night into Thursday morning after a second ICE-involved shooting in the city, as local officials continue to demand that the agency leave.
An ICE agent shot a suspected illegal immigrant in the leg Wednesday during an attempted arrest. The Department of Homeland Security says the agent shot the suspect because he “feared for his life and safety” after the individual resisted arrest and “violently assaulted the officer.”
The suspect was reported to be stable and is now in custody, while the ICE agent is reportedly in the hospital.
This comes after an incident last week in Minneapolis, where Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, was shot and killed by masked ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot the driver’s windshield and open window from the side of the vehicle and subsequently exclaimed “f—ing b—-” as the car crashed into another parked vehicle.
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Federal agents fire tear gas and pepper balls at community members during a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
Democrats and local residents condemned the shooting as a murder and called for Ross’s prosecution, while the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers defended the incident by arguing that it was a justified shooting.
Protests continued Wednesday after the latest shooting, with protesters using horns and whistles and officers firing tear gas and pepper balls.
There were at least a hundred people at the scene, where officers dispersed pepper spray, threw pepper balls and used stun grenades while protesters threw objects at officers. Protesters were also calling on ICE to leave the city and holding signs with phrases like “f— ICE.”
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said a crowd was committing “illegal acts,” including throwing fireworks at officers and asking people to “leave immediately.”
“This is already a very tense situation and we don’t need it to get any worse,” he said.
Federal agents clash with protesters as tensions escalate following a shooting involving ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz held peaceful protests in response to the shooting.
“I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in the streets. But Minnesota will remain an island of decency, justice, community and peace. Don’t give him what he wants,” Walz wrote on X.
Walz also gave a speech to Minnesotans where he again called on ICE to leave the state.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has repeatedly demanded that ICE leave, said the agency’s presence does not guarantee the safety of community members.
“This is an impossible situation our city is currently in,” he said at a news conference, adding that the deployment of approximately 3,000 ICE agents in Minneapolis and across the state was “creating chaos.”
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Federal agents respond to protests following a shooting involving ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
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“It’s certainly not about creating security when a huge percentage of the shootings that have taken place so far this year in Minneapolis have been committed by ICE,” he said. “So let’s be very clear. I have seen behavior by ICE that is disgusting and intolerable.”
The mayor also praised people who were peacefully protesting, but warned that others were “taking the bait.”
“We can’t counter Donald Trump’s chaos with our own kind of chaos,” he said.
“American citizens are being picked up on the street by people wearing masks,” the mayor added. “That’s not the way things should be conducted in any city in America. That’s not who we are, that’s not America. So I’m calling for peace. Everyone has a role in making that peace. We’re going to try to do everything we can to keep it.”
Fox News’ Michael Sinkewicz and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.