An immigration officer has shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, sparking further protests
The death comes less than three weeks after American citizen Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the city
Police say the man was a 37-year-old white Minneapolis resident, believed to be a US citizen - here's what we've learnt from city officials
Greg Bovino, Border Patrol commander says officers tried to "disarm" an individual who "violently resisted"
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump accuses the mayor of Minneapolis and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz of fomenting an "insurrection"
Walz says he has spoken to the White House and insists that the state will investigate the incident
Demonstrators gathered in Minneapolis after the incident, with images showing clashes with law enforcement
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Earlier, we reported on videos circulating on social media showing the fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis today.
We can now share extracts from these videos below. Minneapolis police say they have seen a video of the shooting that was circulating online, but do not know what happened before the recording started.
Warning: this video contains distressing scenes
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Image source, ReutersWhile officials have been holding news conferences in response to today's shooting in Minneapolis, people in the city have been gathering at the scene to protest.
Footage shows crowds near where the shooting happened, chanting phrases like "our streets" and "no justice no peace".
Some are holding banners reading "ICE out" and "This is not NORMAL". Others can be seen banging rubbish bins to the cheers of protesters.
David Willis
North America Correspondent
As with the death of Renee Good earlier this month, this latest incident involving federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis is the subject of sharply contradictory narratives.
City leaders spoke of six masked agents pummelling a local man before shooting him multiple times and leaving him dead on the street.
Homeland Security officials maintain the man approached them brandishing a semi-automatic handgun, and that a border patrol agent fired in self-defence after attempts to disarm the man had failed. They say the victim was planning a "massacre" of local law enforcement agents.
Clearly frustrated by the fact that his deportation message is in danger of being drowned out by a steady stream of social media posts showing federal agents employing increasingly aggressive tactics against local protesters, President Trump sought this week to steer the narrative towards the dangers posed by those who enter this country illegally.
Whatever the circumstances surrounding today’s fatality, such a goal now seems increasingly ambitious.
Image source, Getty ImagesJaden McDaniels of Minnesota Timberwolves during a 12 December 2025 game against Golden State Warriors in San Francisco, California
A basketball game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Golden State Warriors in Minnesota has been postponed for a day following the shooting, the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Timberwolves have just announced.
The decision to postpone the match, which was due to take place at the Target Center in Minneapolis, was made "to prioritise the safety and security of the Minneapolis community," the league and team say.
It has been rescheduled for Sunday, 25 January at 17:30 EST (22:30 GMT).
Image source, ReutersUS Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is set to hold a news conference in about an hour.
This follows news conferences today from Minnesota local officials, federal officials, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
While Noem hasn't said exactly what the news conference will cover, we're expecting her reaction to today's fatal shooting in Minneapolis involving a federal agent.
We'll be streaming the news conference live, so you can watch it here.
We'll also keep you updated with the key points as they come in. Stick with us.
Image source, Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesChairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Andrew Garbarino says he is in touch with the department following today's shooting in Minneapolis.
He says he "anticipates a full investigation" into "recent events", and "expects" both US Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been invited to testify.
"It is critical that Congress conduct its due diligence to ensure the safety of law enforcement officers and the communities they protect," Garbarino says.
"I take my oversight duties of the Department of Homeland Security seriously, and we expect recent events to be thoroughly discussed at our hearing."
Earlier, we heard that the National Guard in Minnesota is ready to provide support regarding the situation in Minneapolis.
Now, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office - which covers Minneapolis - says it has requested assistance from the Minnesota National Guard, amid "the potential for continuing and growing conflict" related to today's shooting.
"Their presence is meant to help create a secure environment where all Minnesotans can exercise their rights safely, including the right to peacefully protest," a statement from the sheriff's office reads.
As we reported earlier, city officials have declared protests near the site of the shooting an "unlawful assembly".
Pictures and videos from the demonstration show large crowds, smoke, and lines of enforcement.
It also appears that protesters are being arrested.
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Image source, Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesThe Border Patrol Union says it has "full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat".
In a post on social media, it says "Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties".
The statement adds that when a protester brings a weapon with them, "there are going to be severe consequences and repercussions".
Image source, Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWe're now hearing from Vice-president JD Vance.
"What the ICE agents wanted more than anything was to work with local law enforcement so that situations on the ground didn't get out of hand," he writes on social media.
"The local leadership in Minnesota has so far refused to answer those requests."
Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House
We've just had another post from US President Donald Trump, again accusing local officials of covering up for "fraud", without providing any evidence.
"Among other things, this is a 'cover up' for the billion dollars that have been stolen from the once great state (but soon to be great again!) of Minnesota," he wrote.
The issue of fraud has swirled around Washington and Minnesota for some time now, after a conservative YouTuber alleged that several child care centres run by Somali immigrants were taking public money without providing care.
The story was quickly amplified by officials including Vice President JD Vance and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Soon after, the Trump administration announced in pause in federal funding for childcare in Minnesota, with the president calling a "a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity."
In January, the White House also announced a new justice department division for national fraud enforcement.
Even before then - in 2021 - a series of federal law enforcement probes into Minnesota fraud schemes led to charges against more than 90 people, with 62 so far convicted.
One scheme, worth $250m, saw a group known as Feeding Our Future claim that it was distributing meals to local schools and programmes, but instead submitting false invoices and receiving kickbacks from people involved in local meal distribution programmes, according to prosecutors.
It is unclear, however, what prompted Trump to connect today's shooting in Minneapolis with the wider issue, or lead him to believe it was a cover-up.
Jacobson says the National Guard in Minnesota has been on active duty for a week and is ready to respond as well as support sheriffs.
He says the first area of support will be providing security and bringing in more resources.
Governor Walz adds the state will bill the federal government for the cost of the National Guard "because they are incurring the costs that are falling on us by their reckless actions".
And with that, the third news conference on today's shooting incident wraps up.
Bob Jacobson, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, is asked by the press if there’s been any suggestion that they’re not allowed to carry out the investigation into the incident.
He says the Department of Homeland Security left the crime scene because they didn’t have enough staff to secure it. They handed it over to Minnesota State Patrol, who also didn’t have enough resources to "hold it safely" and had to leave.
But he says they are "engaged and involved" in the investigation and can’t share further details.
Walz says he wants people to remain peaceful, but he knows residents are frustrated.
"You ask us for peace and we give it, and we get shot in the face on the streets coming out of a donut shop," he says. "We cannot give them what they want."
He says he understands the risk of people trying to bear witness and document the actions of federal agents.
"I understand the courage in having people out there doing this," he said. "Thank god, thank god we have video."
We're hearing again from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. He says he spoke with US President Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, Susan Wiles, today.
He says he asked for federal agents to leave Minnesota, and then told the White House "in no uncertain terms that we will investigate this".
"We will not be stonewalled," he says, adding that the federal government has got the "most powerful" people "spinning stories and putting up pictures".
We’re hearing now from Bob Jacobson, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.
He says that what must not get lost in this moment is that a man died, and that he’ll be mourned by his family and friends.
Jacobson says he understands people will be upset and confused, and that people have a "right to demonstrate peacefully".
He urges citizens to "remain peaceful".
Walz is urging people in Minnesota to keep protests peaceful.
He’s also calling for Americans to recognise the "decency" of people in the state, compared to what he calls the "abomination" of federal immigration agents in the street.
"They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. Well they are dead wrong," he says.
Walz says he has seen the video related to the incident and calls it "sickening".
He says state authorities must lead the investigation into the shooting and that Minnesota's justice system must be allowed to operate there.
"The federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation," he says.
Minnesota governor Tim Walz is now speaking at a news conference.
It's the third we've heard from different officials in the last few hours.
You can Watch live above, and we'll bring you the latest.
US Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino accuses Minnesota officials - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and police chief Brian O'Hara - of hampering federal law enforcement operations, after calling on state and local law enforcement to help them "coordinate to get violent criminals off the streets".
"Just a few minutes ago, [they] did the opposite of that by omitting the fact that the suspect had a gun and magazines full of ammunition, in what looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement," Bovino says.
During a news conference held by local officials earlier, O'Hara said that state and local agencies had been in communication with the Department of Homeland Security, but that they "have not been able to provide us any specific details around the incident itself".
