ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

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ICE officer kills a Minneapolis driver in a deadly start to Trump’s latest immigration operation

By TIM SULLIVAN and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO

Updated 10:23 AM GMT+6, January 8, 2026

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown on a major American city — a shooting that federal officials said was an act of self-defense but that the mayor described as reckless and unnecessary.

The 37-year-old woman was shot in the head in front of a family member in a snowy residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, just a few blocks from some of the oldest immigrant markets and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020.

Her killing after 9:30 a.m. was recorded on video by witnesses, and the shooting quickly drew a large crowd of angry protesters. By evening, hundreds were there for a vigil to mourn her death and urge the public to resist immigration enforcers.

Crowds gathered in Minneapolis on Wednesday as they protested and held a vigil for a woman killed during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown. (AP video shot by: Mike Householder)