‘Pull violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota now’: Governor Tim Walz after another shooting in Minneapolis
Federal immigration officers deploy tear gas at observers after a shooting Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said Saturday demanded that US President Donald Trump must end the ongoing ICE operation in the state, after yet another shooting incident in Minneapolis, involving a federal officer.
“I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,” Walz, a Democrat, said in a post on X.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 24, 2026
Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told The Associated Press that the person had a firearm with two magazines and that the situation was “evolving.”
According to AP, the 51-year-old man who was shot by a federal immigration officer has died.
After the shooting, bystanders gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards” and telling them to go home.
#BREAKING
ICE just shot and killed someone again. In Minneapolis.
5 shots. In front of Glam Doll Donuts
https://t.co/SASMlIW8ig
— Brian’s Breaking News and Intel (@intelFromBrian) January 24, 2026
One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them, “Boo hoo.”
Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car.
The shooting came amid widespread daily protests in the Twin Cities since the January 7 shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle.
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It also comes a day after thousands of demonstrators protesting the crackdown on immigrants crowded the city’s streets in frigid weather, calling for federal law enforcement to leave.