Man shot dead by federal officers in Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown

A 51-year-old man is dead after being shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, a hospital record obtained by Associated Press shows.

The victim was shot amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Governor Tim Walz said. The details surrounding the shooting were not immediately clear.

Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said that the person had a firearm with two magazines and that the situation was “evolving”.

The shooting happened amid widespread daily protests in the Twin Cities since the January 7 shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle.

Walz, a Democrat, said in a social media post that he had been in contact with the White House after the shooting. He urged US President Donald Trump to end what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest-ever immigration enforcement operation.

“Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,” Walz said in a post on social media.