ICE officer shoots Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis: What we know

ICE officer shoots Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis: What we know ICE-related shooting in Minnesota occurred one week after Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by federal officer. A federal officer in the United States has shot a Venezuelan man in the leg in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Officials say officers had tried to stop a car to arrest the man and opened fire after two people attacked one of them with a “snow shovel and broom handle”. Protests broke out in the city after the incident. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 ICE agents make more arrests as Minnesota sues Trump list 2 of 4 ‘Day of reckoning, retribution’ coming to Minnesota amid ICE outrage: Trump list 3 of 4 Minnesota protesters square off with ICE after deadly shooting list 4 of 4 US to end deportation protections for Somalis Wednesday’s shooting comes exactly a week after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed local resident Renee Nicole Good in her car in Minneapolis during an immigration raid. What happened? In an X post on Wednesday, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrote that at 6:50pm (00:50 GMT on Thursday), federal law enforcement officers were stopping “an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by [former President] Joe Biden in 2022”. The DHS added that the man had tried to evade the officers, crashing his car into another parked car and then fleeing on foot. It said one of the officers caught up with the immigrant on foot “when the subject began to resist and violently assault the officer”. The department’s post said that while the immigrant and the officer were struggling on the ground, two people came out of a nearby apartment and began to strike the officer with a snow shovel and a broomstick. It further said, “The original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick.” “Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired a defensive shot to defend his life. The initial subject was hit in the leg,” the DHS wrote. It added that the immigrant and the two people who had come out of the apartment ran back inside the apartment and barricaded themselves in. The immigrant and officer who was attacked were taken to hospital, and the other two people who attacked the officer are in custody, DHS wrote. Who was Renee Nicole Good and what happened to her last week? On the morning of January 7, Jonathan Ross, an ICE officer, fatally shot Good while she was in her car in Minneapolis. Local officials said Good, 37, was acting as a legal observer during protests against US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Legal observers are usually volunteers who attend protests to watch police-demonstrator interactions and record any confrontations or possible legal violations. Good’s killing sparked outrage and protests in Minnesota and nationwide. In a joint statement released after...

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