BREAKING UPDATE: Border Patrol shoots and kills armed man in Minneapolis

Fox News' Bill Melugin initially posted, "Multiple law enforcement sources tell me there has just been a Border Patrol involved shooting in Minneapolis near 26th Street & Nicollet Ave. with Border Patrol shooting a person. I’m told the person is 'down' and medics are working on them. No details yet on who it was or what led up to the shooting."

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DHS told Fox News that the man was armed at the time of the shooting and had two magazines. Melugin posted a photo of the gun that was recovered at the scene.

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The man was later identified by police as a 37-year-old white man who is a resident of Minneapolis and is believed to be an American citizen.

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DHS said in a statement, "At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here. The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement. About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement. This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming."

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The Border Patrol Union said in part, "Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties. When a supposed “peaceful” protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions. We have pleaded with and warned the media and the politicians that their irresponsible, hate-filled and false rhetoric is going to get people unnecessarily hurt, or worse, killed when they portray our agents and officers as the aggressors."

Video of the shooting showed ICE agents wrestling a man to the ground and then an agent is seen firing shots at the man, who appeared to stop moving after the shots were fired. The video was taken from inside Glam Donuts, a shop that was across the street from the incident.

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Multiple shots were fired at the man. An ambulance was on the scene taking the man away after CPR was administered to the man shot by the officers. Scanner reports indicated that the man was shot multiple times in the chest. He was later confirmed dead by state officials, per the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Another angle of the shooting showed the incident take place where multiple shots were fired.

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Minneapolis posted on X, "We are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave. We are working to confirm additional details. We ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area."

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Governor Tim Walz, who said he spoke to the White House in the aftermath of the shooting, blamed President Trump for the shooting, saying, "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."

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The shooting comes as tensions have escalated in Minneapolis, where an ICE agent was involved in the shooting of Renee Good earlier in January. Good had been driving her car into the ICE agent when he fired, killing Good. The anti-ICE activist as well as her wife, Becca Good, had been blocking ICE with their car to impede operations.