Another immigration-related shooting fuels chaos in Minneapolis

Members the community stand outside a building amidst tear gas used by law enforcement, as tensions rise after federal law enforcement agents were involved in a shooting incident, a week after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in north Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 14, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. immigration officer ‌shot and wounded a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic stop in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the government said, escalating tension over an unwelcome deployment of militarized federal agents in Minnesota's most populous city.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which is ‌overseeing President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, said the shooting came after two people attacked the federal officer with a broomstick and snow shovel as he wrestled with the Venezuelan, who the DHS said was in ‌the United States illegally.