Explainer-Can the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis woman be prosecuted?

First responders perform CPR on a woman while she is transferred to an ambulance after she was shot in a vehicle by a U.S. immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. January 7, 2026 in a still image from video. Venus de Mars/Handout via REUTERS

NEW YORK, Jan ‌8 (Reuters) - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis ‌on Wednesday amid President Donald Trump's federal crackdown.

Local officials rejected the Trump administration's explanation that it was self-defense.