ICE Agent Shoots Minneapolis Man in the Leg

On January 14, 2026, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot an immigrant man in the leg after allegedly “being ambushed and attacked” by two other people and the immigrant they were trying to arrest, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

The shooting happened in North Minneapolis exactly one week after a US ICE officer killed a local resident, 37-year-old mother and writer, Renee Nicole Good, in her car in Minneapolis during an immigration raid.

In an official statement posted on X, DHS said agents were conducting a targeted traffic stop when the man, referred to by DHS as an “illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by [former President] Joe Biden in 2022,” had fled the scene in his vehicle before crashing into another car. DHS says the man fled on foot, but he was apprehended by immigration officers.

DHS claims the man resisted arrest and allegedly “violently” assaulted the officer, before the two other individuals “came out from a nearby apartment and also attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.”

According to the city of Minneapolis, after the man was shot, he was transported to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury. 

According to DHS, the incident occurred 10 minutes before a statewide address by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, where he spoke of the rise in immigration agents in his state. Walz called on the Trump administration to “end this occupation” and encouraged residents who bear witness to immigration officers in their neighborhoods to “take out that phone and hit record” in order to create a digital footprint of ICE’s wrongdoings.

Since Good’s murder, Minneapolis protesters have taken to the streets, resulting in many heated altercations between federal agents and residents.

After the January 14 shooting, protesters came to the area where it took place to protest ICE’s actions, to which federal agents deployed irritants and flashbangs to disperse the crowd.

In an interview with NPR, Karen, a Minneapolis nurse who asked the publication to only use her first name, said it was her first time at a protest against ICE.

“I’m a nurse, and I’m afraid people are going to get hurt,” said Karen. “I’m here to keep my neighbors safe.”

Cameron, a demonstrator from Minneapolis who too asked NPR to only use his first name, said in reference to ICE in his city, “They have the city turned into a war zone just like they want it to be. They’re here to scare people.”