The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said a federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on Wednesday after being attacked while trying to make an arrest.
In a statement posted on X, DHS said federal law enforcement officers stopped a person from Venezuela who was in the U.S. illegally at around 6:50 p.m. CT. The person drove away and crashed into a parked car before fleeing on foot, DHS said.
After officers reached the man, two other people arrived from a nearby apartment and “attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle,” DHS said.
“Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired a defensive shot to defend his life. The initial subject was hit in the leg,” it said.
Both the man and the officer are in hospital and the two people who came out of the apartment are in custody, DHS said.
The city of Minneapolis said on X that “federal immigration enforcement agent shot the man in the 600 block of 24th Avenue North and that he is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. We understand there is anger. We ask the public to remain calm.”
The shooting took place a week after an immigration agent fatally shot Renee Good in her car in Minneapolis, prompting protests in Minneapolis and other cities.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
