Live updates: Minneapolis officials investigating reports of shooting involving federal law enforcement

In the state of Minnesota’s lawsuit against the Trump administration over Operation Metro Surge, Minnesota Solicitor General Liz Kramer and Minneapolis officials have sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez pleading with her to take action and provide the state with what they call the “urgent” emergency relief it needs. 

“Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs’ communities, are in urgent need of a Court-ordered respite to the irreparable injuries Defendants continue to cause to the health, safety, education, and welfare of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and indeed the entire State of Minnesota,” Kramer and her colleagues write. “This cannot continue. We need the Court to act to stop this Surge before yet another resident dies because of Operation Metro Surge.”

They’re asking Menendez to “put the parties back in their positions before the Surge began and to immediately prevent even further irreparable harms to Plaintiffs’ ability to protect the public health, welfare, safety, and education. This will allow the Court—with the status quo duly preserved—to then examine the facts and the law in due course to consider more durable relief.”

“The record before the Court is more than sufficient to justify this immediate relief: Plaintiffs have demonstrated ongoing, irreparable harm and established serious constitutional claims,” the letter says. “Every day that passes without Court intervention compounds these injuries and undermines the very rights this Court is charged to protect.”

A hearing on Minnesota’s initial motion for relief was scheduled for Monday, well before today’s events transpired. That hearing is still on. 

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., posted on social media this evening that the “credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake” after the shooting in Minneapolis today.

He called for a “full joint federal and state investigation,” adding, “We can trust the American people with the truth.”

Cassidy faces a primary challenge in his Louisiana Senate race from Rep. Julia Letlow, who has Trump’s endorsement. 

Wearing a respirator, Savannah Thissen, 26, said she was out protesting tonight because, like Pretti, she is a healthcare worker.

“In my industry of love and service, 90% of my co workers and friends and family are immigrants, many of whom are nurses,” she said. “And today they have proven that they’re willing to execute health care workers, immigrants and innocent citizens all.”

“I have to be here,” she added. “I don’t know how I could be at home.”

Savannah Thissen. Matt Lavietes

Thissen said that while there is a “sense of despair is creeping in” the city following its third officer-involved shooting this month, “it’s important that we don’t feed that doom.”

“They’re going to kill some of us. But if we don’t risk our safety now and here, they will just keep killing us,” she said. “If we don’t stand here now, despite the back to back murders and more, they will keep taking.”

A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked the Trump administration from “destroying or altering evidence” related to today’s fatal shooting of Pretti.

The ruling comes after Minnesota state officials filed a lawsuit in Minnesota’s U.S. District Court against officials with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies seeking a temporary restraining order that would prohibit federal officials from destroying evidence.

Judge Eric Tostrud’s order includes any “evidence that Defendants and those working on their behalf removed from the scene and/or evidence that Defendants have taken into their exclusive custody,” it states.

Standing at the site of where Pretti was shot, Rye Miller, 27, slammed the Trump administration’s characterization of his killing.

“Just watch the video,” she said. “There’s like, four or five different angles right now, every single angle that kept coming out today, it just looked worse and worse.”

Miller was holding a black flag, which she said represents “no surrender.”

“If you can be here, you need to be here,” she said. “And so that’s what I remember anytime some sort of hesitation comes up. That’s, that’s what I’ve been telling myself.”

The National Rifle Association slammed Bill Essayli, a top prosecutor in California, for posting that law enforcement may be “legally justified” in shooting people if they approach with a gun. 

Essayli, the first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, wrote on X following the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis: “If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you. Don’t do it.”

Essayli made the comments in a repost of a Department of Homeland Security’s post about the shooting.

The NRA called that take “dangerous and wrong.” 

“Responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens,” the NRA said in a response on X. 

Makeshift barricades remain around the site of today’s shooting in Minneapolis. The barricades, made of dumpsters, furniture and wood, were erected throughout the days by protesters.

Dozens of protesters were still gathered there tonight in the bitter cold. Some chanted Pretti’s name.

The parents of Alex Pretti said they are “heartbroken but also very angry” about the death of their son in Minneapolis today.

“Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital,” Michael and Susan Pretti said in a statement released through the Minnesota DFL. “Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact.”

They rejected an account of the shooting provided by the Department of Homeland Security, which has said a Border Patrol officer fired in self-defense after Pretti violently resisted their efforts to disarm him.

“Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs,” they said. “He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.”

“Please get the truth out about our son,” they said. “He was a good man.”

Hundreds of people gathered at a vigil for Alex Pretti in Minneapolis’ Whittier Park this evening. By 8 p.m. ET, dozens remained.

Mourners laid flowers, candles and signs on a snow-covered field to honor the ICU nurse. The near silence at the gathering contrasted with the sounds of chaos in pockets of the city earlier today.

“You are loved and missed Alex Pretti,” one sign reads. “You have saved so many lives and you inspire so many others.”

Ayden Ehrhardt, 25, said she was at the vigil to be around community and was angry that Pretti’s killing was the city’s third officer-involved shooting this month.

“We’ve all been hurting now for a long time,” she said. “And I think people are just kind of at their breaking points a little bit.”

Cecilia Brown, 24, was one of dozens of mourners at the park this evening. For people beyond the city of Minneapolis, she said Pretti’s killing was a warning.

“This has to stop now or else ICE will keep terrorizing other communities and we don’t want that to happen,” she said. “This should be the last of it, but I fear it’s not.”

The International Association of Chiefs of Police — the largest association of police executives — has issued a statement urging the White House to intervene and de-escalate tensions between federal and local law enforcement. 

“The IACP calls on the White House to use its convening authority, as soon as practicable, to bring together thoughtful federal, state and local law enforcement leaders for policy-level discussions aimed at identifying a constructive path forward,” the statement, given first to NBC News, said.

The statement comes as the Trump administration has called for local law enforcement to engage in immigration enforcement or provide protection for ICE and CBP officers. 

Attorneys for several Minnesotans who filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration this month over the treatment of peaceful Minneapolis protesters by federal agents are tonight asking the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse an administrative stay it issued earlier this week. 

The administrative stay reversed a lower court’s ruling, which blocked federal law enforcement from retaliating against people engaged in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools. 

“This morning a second Minnesotan, Alex Pretti, was killed by federal agents. In response, Appellees anticipate that thousands of protesters and observers will continue to take the streets to exercise their constitutional rights,” attorney Kyle Wislocky wrote. “As the thousands of federal agents deployed to Operation Metro Surge interact with those protesters and observers, it is more essential than ever to reinstate the district court’s narrow, considered injunction to prevent violent retaliation against individuals exercising their constitutional rights.” 

Wislocky said the harm is becoming more irreparable by the hour. “In these circumstances, every hour that a stay remains in place presents new opportunities for irreparable injury to protesters and observers. To prevent that imminent, irreparable harm, Appellees respectfully request that the Court lift the administrative stay immediately.”

It’s been almost 17 years since Robert Alver worked with Alex Pretti in a university science lab, but his memories have not faded.

Alver, a medical affairs professional who lives near northeastern Minneapolis, told NBC News that he vividly remembers Pretti’s unfailingly positive attitude every morning as he bounded into the research lab they shared at the University of Minnesota. Alver was then getting his Ph.D. Pretti was an undergraduate technician.

“Your day just gets better when Alex is around,” Alver said, fighting back tears and referring to his former colleague in the present tense. “He would come into the lab [with] a big smile on his face… It’s something very striking, especially for a college kid who doesn’t have two beans to rub together.”

Alver, who met Pretti sometime in 2009, praised the late ICU nurse’s “incredible work ethic,” saying he was “everything you would want in a colleague and a friend.”

Pretti was a 2011 graudate of the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts, campus spokeswoman Briana Reenshuler confirmed to NBC News.

“He was no longer a student nor employed by the University at the time of his passing,” Reenshuler said in an email.

The person who allegedly “bit the finger off” of a Homeland Security Investigations officer in Minneapolis earlier today has been arrested, Attorney General Pam Bondi said on X. 

She said she’s directed federal prosecutors to file charges against the suspect. 

Earlier, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the protester bit off the officer’s finger following the shooting of Alex Pretti. 

A Minneapolis man said Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, aided his dying father during his last hours at a Veterans Affairs Health Care facility in Richfield, Minnesota.

Mac Randolph posted a video to Facebook of his father Terry Randolph’s last moments on Dec. 10, 2024. In it, a man he identified as Pretti, assigned to care for his father as an ICU nurse, is at his bedside along with a few family members and other healthcare workers.

“Today we remember that freedom is not free,” the man identified as Pretti says in the video. “We have to work at it, nurture it protect it, and even sacrifice for it. We grant him our honor and our gratitude.”

Terry Randolph, born in 1947, was a U.S. Air Force veteran who served in Libya, Mac Randolph said in a phone interview with NBC News. Terry Randoph was suffering from lung cancer and receiving radiation treatment when he succumbed to heart failure, the younger Randolph said.

He was in an intensive-care unit when he passed, the son said. Veterans Affairs personnel were unable to transfer the father to a “regular” hospice unit, he said, so they treated him at the Richfield location. 

“Alex was there the final night providing morphine and pain relief,” Mac Randolph said. “Just the sweetest person you can imagine.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a three-page letter to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz today requesting records and a repeal of sanctuary policies. 

“You and your office must restore the rule of law, support ICE officers, and bring an end to the chaos in Minnesota,” she wrote in the letter, which was obtained by NBC News.

She asked for a repeal of sanctuary policies, which generally limit local cooperation with federal immigration officers. Bondi asked Walz to have all detention facilities in the state cooperate with ICE and allow federal immigration officers to interview detainees to determine their immigration status. 

She also requested all state records on Medicaid, food stamps and other food nutrition programs so federal authorities can investigate potential fraud. 

Bondi also requested the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division access state voter rolls to “confirm” that voter registration practices comply with federal law. 

The site where Alex Pretti was fatally shot earlier today has turned into a makeshift memorial, with bouquets of flowers and lit candles placed in a circle and tearful mourners standing by. 

Further down the street, a large crowd has gathered despite biting negative temperatures. NBC News’ Camila Bernal reporting from the scene described the anger of the crowd and hearing people shouting for ICE to leave the city.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement that Senate Democrats “will not provide the votes” necessary to pass the upcoming appropriations bill if the Department of Homeland Security funding bill is included in it.

The Senate is expected to vote on an appropriations bill next week. If the spending bill goes without the necessary Democratic support to pass, it could mean a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. The legislation needs 60 votes to secure passage in the chamber, where Republicans control 53 seats.

Republicans now face mounting pressure to break the DHS funding bill off in order to acquiesce to Democrats’ demands in the wake of another shooting by federal officers.

Senate Democrats will have a caucus call tomorrow morning to discuss the path forward, a Senate source told NBC News.

“What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling —and unacceptable in any American city,” Schumer said in his statement.

“Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no,” the senator continued.

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The ex-wife of Alex Pretti told The Associated Press that he was a Democratic voter and had participated in the wave of protests after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 not far from the neighborhood where they previously lived.

Rachel Canoun told the AP that she was not surprised that Pretti would be involved in protesting Trump’s immigration policies.

She said Pretti was someone who might shout at law enforcement but that she had never known him to be physically confrontational.

“These kinds of things, you know, he felt the injustice to it,” Canoun told the AP. “So it doesn’t surprise me that he would be involved.”

She said Pretti received a permit to carry a concealed firearm three years ago and that he had owned at least one handgun when the two separated.

“He didn’t carry it around me, because it made me uncomfortable,” she said.

She told the AP she had not spoken to Pretti since they divorced more than two years ago and that she had moved to another state.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told NBC News that he plans to introduce legislation “to end sanctuary city policy in the United States once and for all.”

The senator said he has been in discussion with both President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi on the matter, adding that he is working with the White House to craft the legislation. Graham said the legislation will be introduced next week.

“Sanctuary city policy leads to massive fraud and rip-off of the taxpayer, incentivizes illegal immigration and breaks down law and order,” Graham said in a phone call with NBC News.

Graham said that he has “been for rational immigration policies, but until you eliminate sanctuary cities, you can’t have rational immigration.”

The American Nurses Association said it is “deeply disturbed and saddened” by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a registered nurse, in Minneapolis today. 

“We extend our condolences to Alex’s loved ones, colleagues, and the community at large,” the group said in a statement.

ANA demanded a transparent investigation and called for the findings to be shared promptly, “so Alex’s loved ones and the public have answers.”

The association said it is concerned for the safety of nurses on the job and in the communities they serve amid federal immigration operations.

“Nurses are advocates for the safety and well-being of their communities. They enter this profession to heal, to protect human life, and to show up for people in their most vulnerable moments,” the statement said.

The man fatally shot by federal officers today in Minneapolis was a member of the American Federation of Government Employees labor union.

The union said in a Facebook post that it had received confirmation that Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a member of AFGE Local 3669, was killed in Minneapolis.

“Video of the incident is circulating on social media, and the Department of Homeland Security has publicly stated that the victim was brandishing a weapon at officers. However, based on the video currently available, that claim is not clearly established,” the union said in its post.

“This is an unfolding and extremely serious matter. Until we have verified facts, it is important that we refrain from speculation or drawing conclusions,” the union said. “What we do know is this: a member of our union lost their life today, and that alone is devastating. Our hearts are heavy, and we are deeply stricken by this tragedy that has befallen one of our own.”

The labor union says it represents 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers across the United States and globally.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors released a statement on today’s shooting emphasizing the importance of bipartisanship in finding a way to end the “unnecessary conflict.”

“As American mayors representing cities large and small — Republican, Democratic and Independent — we state today with a united voice that this turmoil must come to an end,” the statement read.

“No American — regardless of their views on immigration — wishes for our country to continue to endure this unnecessary conflict,” the statement continued.

The mayors coalition noted that ICE has operated for 23 years, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, saying it is a “reminder that immigration enforcement can exist and function in this country without national upheaval.”

“What has occurred in recent weeks in Minneapolis and surrounding communities, and threatens to escalate around the country, is not acceptable. And history reminds us that it is absolutely avoidable,” the statement said.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem declined to say whether the man killed Saturday pulled out a gun before he was shot by immigration officers.

Instead, Noem, speaking at a news conference, questioned why an individual would have a gun at a protest. It is legal to carry a gun in Minnesota, and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said earlier today that the man legally owned a weapon.

“I don’t know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign,” Noem said.

Two federal law enforcement sources tell NBC News that DHS is taking the lead on investigating today’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis and that the Department of Justice and FBI are assisting.

This differs from standard procedure and raises questions about whether there will be a criminal civil rights investigation. Normally, the FBI would take the lead in a shooting involving a Department of Homeland Security officer, and there would be a parallel internal Customs and Border Protection Office of Professional Responsibility investigation.

The news comes as questions have been raised around the investigation into Renee Good, in which six prosecutors and an FBI agent have resigned. NBC News has reported that the prosecutors resigned over concerns about the direction of the investigation.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that a protester in Minneapolis bit off a Homeland Security Investigations officer’s finger following the shooting earlier today.

“Hundreds of protesters then showed up at the scene. They began to obstruct and to assault law enforcement officers,” Noem said at a news conference. “We saw objects being thrown at them, including ice and other objects, and a rampant assault began, and even an HSI officer agent’s finger was bitten off.”

NBC News has not verified that claim. Noem’s allegation comes after DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X that a “rioter” in Minneapolis “attacked our law enforcement officer and one of them bit off our HSI officer’s finger.”

McLaughlin added in her post to X that the officer “will lose his finger.”

The post included graphic images of what appears to be the tip of a finger, which was allegedly “bitten off.”

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., decried the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti in Minneapolis today.

“Eyewitness video shows once again reckless, violent and dangerous federal agents taking the life of a Minnesotan,” she said at a news conference.

She slammed the Trump administration for calling Pretti a domestic terrorist, saying he was a U.S. citizen, a Minneapolis resident and a VA nurse.

“Americans should be outraged at this unaccountable, violent federal force, which is operating with impunity in our city,” Smith said. 

She called for Trump to stop immigration operations and to ensure “trusted, impartial state investigators” at the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension be allowed to investigate the shooting.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blamed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for the ongoing clashes between residents and federal immigration officers after today’s shooting.

“We’re praying for this deceased loved one’s family and friends, but we also recognize that the Minnesota governor and the Minneapolis mayor need to take a long, hard look in the mirror,” Noem said a press conference.

“They need to evaluate their rhetoric, their conversations and their encouragement of such violence against our citizens and our law enforcement officers,” the DHS head continued.

Noem said that Walz and Frey “choose violence,” adding that they “choose to encourage the destruction of their city and the crime against their people.”

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara called for locals to protest peacefully in the wake of today’s fatal shooting. 

He noted that National Guard members will wear yellow fluorescent safety traffic vests as they work alongside uniformed Minneapolis police officers.

Earlier today, protests escalated as individuals erected barricades and threw glass bottles and ice chunks at law enforcement, O’Hara said at a news conference. State and local law enforcement deployed less-than-lethal and gas munitions in response. The situation is now peaceful, he said.

“We understand the hurt and frustration that this causes,” he said. “But again, if you choose to come out, if you choose to demonstrate, peacefully assemble, do so lawfully, and understand that the men and women in this uniform standing here tonight are committed, first and foremost to protecting the lives of every single person in this city.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said at a news conference that the city is filing a declaration “to encourage the judge to rule on a temporary restraining order on Monday” to stop federal immigration operations in the city.

He called the operations “harmful” to the city and state, as they have resulted “in multiple shootings and tragic deaths.”

Frey also formally requested assistance from the National Guard to support police as protests continue to rock the city.

NBC News has reviewed two videos showing different angles of the confrontation between federal officers and protesters that led to the fatal shooting of a civilian in Minneapolis earlier today.

The videos shows the officers wrestling a man, identified as Alex Pretti, to the ground before he is shot multiple times as protesters filmed the immigration agents.

One video shows Pretti was checking on another protester who was pushed by the federal officers. The the officers and Pretti then get into an altercation where he and the other protester are dragged to the ground and surrounded by multiple officers. A series of shots is heard before the officers back away from the man on the ground.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said his office will attempt to oust ICE and Border Patrol from the state.

In a statement posted on X, Ellison called immigration enforcement’s presence in Minnesota an “illegal and unconstitutional occupation.” Citing today’s fatal shooting, he said that the immigration agencies have been inflicting terror and violence in the state.

Ellison did not expand on what legal arguments he would bring to court on Monday.

Hundreds of protesters have amassed at the site of today’s shooting in south Minneapolis.

“Say his name! Alex Pretti!” the crowd is chanting.

The smell of smoke bombs and tear gas still lingers in the air hours after authorities attempted to disperse earlier crowds.

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has called on Trump to cease ICE’s immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota.

“These rogue federal agents do not belong on our streets. Another person shot dead. ICE is not just making us less safe — they’re a threat to the safety and wellbeing of Americans,” she said in a statement.

“We stand with the people of Minnesota. President Trump needs to listen to Governor Walz and end this operation now,” she added. 

Jeanne Wiener, one of Pretti’s neighbors, said she has known him for about five years and described him as a “gentle, good person” who posed no threat to anyone.

“He would never, ever attack a police officer,” she said, adding that she was surprised to learn today that Pretti was a gun owner because he was so “gentle.”

Wiener added that while she did not know much about his personal life, she believed Pretti lived alone and had a dog. Family told the AP that his Catahoula leopard had recently died. 

Alex J. Pretti.   Michael Pretti via AP

The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Saturday has been identified as 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, family members confirmed to The Associated Press. 

Pretti, who was born in Illinois, does not appear to have a criminal history, aside from two traffic violations. His family told the AP that prior to Saturday, Pretti had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond the traffic tickets.

A LinkedIn profile that appears to belong to Pretti says that he attended the University of Minnesota. State records show that Pretti was registered as a nurse in Minnesota as of 2021. His license was set to expire on March 31, 2026.

Family members told the AP that Pretti participated in protests following Good’s death.

“He cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,” his father, Michael Pretti, told the AP. “He felt that doing the protesting was a way to express that, you know, his care for others.”

Pretti’s parents recalled recent conversations in which they warned Pretti to be careful about protesting.

“We had this discussion with him two weeks ago or so, you know, that go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically,” Michael Pretti said. “And he said he knows that. He knew that.”

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In two Truth Social posts following today’s shooting, Trump furthered claims of fraud and alleged “this” was part of a “cover up.”

It was not immediately clear what the president was referring to as a cover-up. The posts came after he initially posted a photo of a gun that federal authorities said was taken off the man who was killed by federal officers. In that first post, Trump wrote: “Much of what you’re witnessing is a COVER UP for this Theft and Fraud.”

In the subsequent posts, he repeated those claims.

Brennan Gasser, 34, who lives in an apartment above the site of the shooting, got out of bed at about 9 a.m. ET when he heard whistles coming from outside.

When he ran outside, he said he saw about a dozen federal officers surrounding a man lying face down on the ground, and then people who appeared to be paramedics flip his body over to perform CPR.

He said he did not see any weapons on the man or on the ground near where the man’s body lay.

Gasser said that while he did not see the shooting, the fact that the man was armed should not justify a shooting.

“In my opinion, in this circumstance, we have the right to bear arms,” he said. “If you had a weapon and they shot him because he was holding a weapon, that’s extremely unjust. People who support the other side should see that if you own a gun, it’s not cause to be shot dead in the streets.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activated the National Guard following a fatal shooting by DHS agents in Minneapolis this morning.

At an afternoon news conference, Walz said he would be “billing the federal government for the cost of the National Guard because they are incurring the costs that are falling on us.”

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office earlier today put in a request for the National Guard.

In a brief news conference, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino laid out the law enforcement allegations around the fatal shooting in Minneapolis, alleging that an agent fired “defensive shots.”

Bovino read from a statement that DHS earlier released that stated the man was in possession of a gun. He did not reveal more details around the circumstances. The man legally owned a weapon and it is legal in the state of Minnesota to carry a weapon, Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara said earlier today.

The Minnesota Timberwolves game against the Golden State Warriors that was scheduled for tonight in Minneapolis has been postponed, the NBA said in a release.

The game has been rescheduled for Sunday at 5:30 p.m. ET at Target Center.

“The decision was made to prioritize the safety and security of the Minneapolis community,” the satement said.

Gov. Tim Walz said his government directly asked Trump’s chief of staff this morning to get ICE agents out of Minnesota.

“Do I have a lot of confidence that Donald Trump will do the right thing? No, I do not,” he said.

Walz said he spoke with Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, twice on Saturday, and in one of the calls he implored the White House to withdraw immigration agents from his state.

In the second, he said he informed her that Minnesota would investigate the shooting. Walz said he conveyed “with no uncertain terms that we will investigate this. We will not be stonewalled.”

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz addressed the media just hours after federal agents shot and killed a person in south Minneapolis

“I’ve seen the video, several angles, and it’s sickening,” Walz said.

He said he told the White House that the state would be investigating the shooting.

“The federal government cannot be trusted to lead this investigation. The state will handle it — period,” Walz said.

Walz then spoke directly to President Donald Trump: “Remove this force from Minnesota. They are sowing chaos and violence.”

He said Minnesotans continue to stand up to the federal government.

“They’re protesting loudly and urgently but peacefully,” he said. “It must stay that way.”

Minnesota Department of Public Safety Director Bob Jacobson called on Minnesotans to “remain peaceful” when they demonstrate.

“By doing so you help local authorities to get answers … you ensure nobody else be killed or injured,” Jacobson said.

A person holds a Minnesota state flag as federal immigration officers deploy tear gas Saturday. Abbie Parr / AP

Now that federal and local authorities have left the area, protesters are moving dumpsters, garbage cans and furniture to erect barricades at the site of the shooting.

“Whose streets? Our streets!” the group chanted.

President Donald Trump posted a photo on Truth Social showing a gun that officials say was being carried by the man who was shot and killed by DHS agents earlier today. Trump said the gun was loaded with two additional full magazines.

He accused Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz of “inciting Insurrection” and called them “political fools.” Trump also alleged that billions of dollars have been stolen from the state.

“LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!” Trump wrote.

Samie Solina of NBC affiliate KARE reports on getting sprayed with tear gas as crowds gathered near the site where federal officers fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis.

Local officials are deploying tear gas and dispersing the crowd near the scene of the shooting.

Protesters knocked over a dumpster to try and block the street off from the line of officers moving eastward.

It appears that local authorities were also trying to clear out of the area roughly 10 minutes after federal authorities left.

Demonstrators gather behind a barricade near the site of the shooting. Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images

Local authorities are trying to clear the area around Nicollet and 26th Street.

“You need to move back now or chemicals will be deployed,” an officer is saying over a loud speaker as protesters move down 26th street.

Protesters are shouting: “Whose streets? Our streets!”

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., responded to the shooting in his home state with a social media post, writing that Gov. Tim Walz and other local leaders’ “rhetoric has empowered criminals and put federal law enforcement’s lives at risk.”

Emmer, the first Republican congressman from Minnesota to respond to the shooting so far, said the rhetoric is “dangerous and has made the situation in Minneapolis much worse.”

“Unlike my Democrat colleagues, I’m going to let law enforcement conduct their investigation and not jump to asinine conclusions. We are grateful no Border Patrol officers were harmed,” Emmer added.

Federal immigration officers deploy tear gas today in Minneapolis.  Abbie Parr / AP

The official union of U.S. Border Patrol workers released a statement on social media blaming the latest fatal shooting in Minneapolis on the person who was killed, on the media, and on “the politicians.”

“Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties,” the union wrote on X.

The statement went on to raise questions about whether the man who was killed was “peaceful,” and alleged he brandished a weapon that government officials said was found on him. The Department of Homeland Security has not yet explained the circumstances around the incident. A news conference is pending.

“When a supposed ‘peaceful’ protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions,” the union wrote.

ICE appears to have left the area surrounding the shooting after clearing the streets with smoke bombs.

Dozens of marked and unmarked vehicles just drove off the scene of the shooting. Masked men could be seen driving the vehicles.

Protesters hurled snowballs and explicit words at the agents. In return, agents sprayed mace, tear gas and threw smoke bombs at protesters.

What’s left on East 26th Street is a cloud of smoke.

It appears the law enforcement officers blocking off Nicollet Ave are local. They’re wearing uniforms that say “POLICE” and “conservation officer.”

Large booms can be heard at the site of the shooting. Immigration authorities appear to be hurling smoke bombs at protesters.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said in a post on X that he “told the White House the state must lead the investigation.”

“Let state investigators secure justice. As we process the scene, stay peaceful and give them space,” Walz wrote. “The State has the personnel to keep people safe — federal agents must not obstruct our ability to do so.”

After the fatal shooting of another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good, earlier this month, state official said federal agents took over the investigation.

At a news conference, Mayor Jacob Frey discussed a video he said he saw of “more than six masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death,” Frey said.

“We have seen these kinds of operations in other places, in other countries, but not here in America, not in a way where a great American city is being invaded by its own federal government,” Frey added.

Federal immigration officers deploy pepper spray at observers in Minneapolis today.  Abbie Parr / AP

He called on Trump to pull the agents out of Minneapolis.

Chief Brian O’Hara said: “Our demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city to do so with the same discipline, humanity and integrity that effective law enforcement in this country demands.”

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the person who was shot and killed was a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry.

A spokesperson for DHS said in a statement that the man threatened agents with his firearm.

O’Hara also said traffic tickets are the man’s only prior violations of the law.

At a bar in front of the site of the shooting, about two dozen protesters were watching the news and booing local authorities as they spoke at a press conference across the city.

“The property’s more valuable to them than the bodies,” one protester said sarcastically when the police chief asked people to leave the area around the shooting.

Federal agents have again begun to tear gas and throw pepper bombs at protesters, as local authorities address the city at a press conference.

Clouds of tear gas during clashes between federal agents and community members at the scene of the shooting. Tim Evans / Reuters

Rachel Sayre, the director of the Emergency Management Department in Minneapolis, compared what she has seen in the city to her experience in international conflict zones.

Sayer said her background is in international human response in conflict zones, like in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq and Ukraine.

“What I’ve seen here is what I’ve seen there: a powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people, making them afraid to go outside so they can’t earn a living, so that kids are forced out of school,” Sayer said at a news conference this afternoon.

She added: “This has a lasting, generational impact.”

A person is tackled by a federal agent today in Minneapolis. Brandon Bell / Getty Images

Several members of Congress from Minnesota have condemned the shooting in Minneapolis, with Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., writing on X that it “appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement.”

“I am absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled that federal agents murdered another member of our community,” Omar continued, adding that the shooting “isn’t isolated or accidental.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., wrote on X urging the Trump administration to “get ICE out of Minnesota NOW.”

“The world is watching. Thousands of citizens stopped and harassed. Local police no longer able to do their work. Kids hiding. Schools closed,” the senator added. “And Republicans in Congress: Stop your silence and stop being complicit.”

Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., also called out her Republican colleagues, writing on X, “This is sickening. The agency is beyond out of control. How much more evidence do my Republican colleagues in Minnesota need to speak out?”

Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., added in her own post that “ICE must leave now so MPD can secure the scene and do their jobs,” calling the incident “another catastrophic shooting in Minneapolis.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has a message for Americans after DHS agents shot and killed another resident of his city: “Stand up.”

“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end? How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values?” Frey asked.

“How many times must local and national leaders must plead with you, Donald Trump, to end this operation and recognize that this is not creating safety in our city?”

He called on President Donald Trump to “act like a leader” and to “put America first.”

“Let’s achieve peace. Let’s end this operation. And I’m telling you, our city will come back. Safety will be restored,” Frey said.

Officials said the person shot and killed by DHS agents this morning is a white male, age 37, and a resident of Minneapolis.

They said they believe he is an American citizen.

When Andrea IkweStrong and her sister arrived at the scene near Glam Doll Donuts in Minneapolis, ICE agents already had their guns drawn, she told NBC News. When they approached, she said agents had already shot someone and that medics were starting CPR.

“It’s packed here at the moment, people are everywhere. They spraying people with gas, and I witnessed them spray a person point-blank in the face, who managed to turn his face just in time so they only got the back of his head,” the witness said.

She called the agents in the city “bullies.”

“How can we go to work if we’re being shot and killed?”

Lisa Erbes, Indivisible’s Twin Cities co-leader, noted that the fatal shooting this morning comes one day after tens of thousands of people walked the streets of Minnesota asking that immigration officials leave their city.

This is from Erbes to NBCNews:

“Yesterday tens of thousands of Minnesotans turned out in frigid temperatures to say in no uncertain terms that we want ICE Out of Minnesota.”

“We were calling for justice for Renee Good and for a return to peace in our communities. ICE has turned our neighborhoods into a war zone through its reign of terror. And now this morning another community member has been shot and killed by ICE. The violence continues. We demand that ICE leave Minnesota now and we will continue to stand firm in support of our communities until peace has been restored.”

Federal agents point weapons amid tear gas today in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images

A spokesperson for DHS said law enforcement officers were “conducting a targeted operation” this morning in Minneapolis “against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault.”

While they were conducting that operation, the spokesperson said, someone approached the officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun.

The spokesperson said the person “violently resisted” after attempts to disarm them, adding that more details on the “struggle” are forthcoming.

“Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots,” the spokesperson said. Medical aid was given to the suspect, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

The suspect had two magazines and no identification, the DHS spokesperson said.

After the shooting, around 200 “rioters” arrived at the scene “and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene,” the spokesperson continued. Crowd control measures were used, they added.

Federal immigration officers deploy tear gas after the shooting. Abbie Parr / AP

A Minnesota official confirmed the man who was shot earlier today by federal agents in Minneapolis has died.

Protesters confront federal agents after a protester was shot today in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security shared a photo of what it says is a gun that belonged to the person who was shot in Minneapolis this morning.

It is not illegal to carry a concealed weapon in Minnesota, according to the state’s department of public safety. It’s unclear what led up to the incident or how the gun allegedly came into play.

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Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, said her office is “aware of reports of a federal agent having shot an individual in Minneapolis this morning.”

Moriarty added her office is working with the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “to coordinate a state response.”

Law enforcement is working on securing the scene so it can collect and preserve evidence, she said.

Tear gas is deployed by law enforcement as demonstrators gather near the site of the shooting today. Roberto Schmidt / AFP – Getty Images

Federal agents shot a person in Minneapolis, Gov. Tim Walz said.

City officials in Minneapolis also said they are aware of reports of a possible shooting involving a federal law enforcement agent.

Today’s incident took place in the area of West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue. It was captured on a video posted to Facebook and verified by NBC News.

“We are working to confirm additional details. We ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area,” the city said in a Facebook post.

Federal agents block off the scene of a shooting as crowds gather today in Minneapolis. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images

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