Members of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand guard after a driver of a vehicle was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 7, 2026.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman in her car on Wednesday, federal officials said.
“Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking  ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism,” said Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a post on X.
Video purportedly from the scene posted on social media shows ICE officers pulling up to a group of cars parked on a suburban street.
“Get the f— out of our neighborhood,” a woman is heard saying on the video, apparently from behind the camera.
ICE agents then quickly exited their truck and walked up to a vehicle blocking the road, saying, “Ma’am, get out of the car, out of the car, get out of the f—ing car,” the video shows.
The car then backs up slightly and begins pulling away, at which point at least three shots are fired. Less than three seconds pass between the car reversing and moving forward, and the beginning of the gunfire.
“Oh f—ing, God!” a woman screams on the video.
The vehicle that was shot at quickly crashes down the street into another car.
“Dude, you did a murder, for what?” a man yells on the video.
Multiple elected officials from Minnesota demanded that ICE leave Minneapolis after the shooting.
“I’m following news of a reported shooting of a legal observer by ICE agents in South Minneapolis,” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., wrote on X.
“ICE must stop terrorizing our communities and leave our city,” Omar wrote.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a tweet, “We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm.”
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