A federal officer shot a man in the leg on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, a week after the fatal shooting of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent touched off angry protests and an intensifying clash between state leaders and the Trump administration.
The shooting followed a targeted traffic stop shortly before 7pm Central Time, when the man fled in his vehicle and crashed into a parked car, according to Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security.
He fled on foot, she added, but the officer caught up with him moments later and tried to make an arrest.
The encounter then escalated, according to McLaughlin. She said that as the officer struggled with the man on the ground, two other people emerged from a flat and joined the confrontation, striking the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle. McLaughlin said the suspect then broke free and began swinging one of the objects as well.
“Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots,” McLaughlin said. The man was struck in the leg.
All three retreated into the flat but were later taken into custody, she said. The man who was shot and the officer were both hospitalised. Their conditions were not immediately disclosed.
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