It's 11 below zero outside, but ICE is still doing its work, and the protesters are still impeding them as best they can here in Minnesota.
So it is, unfortunately, no surprise that there has been another person has been injured or killed in a confrontation with federal law enforcement.
BREAKING: DHS tells @FoxNews the suspect was armed with a gun, which has been recovered by federal agents. pic.twitter.com/GLZJMdwIup
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 24, 2026
BREAKING: 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.
Working sources and will update when I have more.
Details are still sparse on the ground, but it appears that federal agents were trying to arrest an armed gang member when his gun came out, and he was shot by officers.
No doubt there will be all sorts of stories about how this was an execution, because of course there will be. But the facts seem pretty clear.
🚨 BREAKING: The armed suspect shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis has DIED, per the police chief.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 24, 2026
TWO MAGAZINES recovered along with the firearm. This was 100% JUSTIFIED, case CLOSED!
Bill Melugin confirms: “Border Patrol shot someone DHS says was armed with a gun. They… pic.twitter.com/CwO5ECRmZf
We are well past the point where facts matter anymore, so expect that there will be a new round of violence. Yesterday's ICE Out protests were huge, despite temperatures hovering around -18 and wind chills nearing -40.
Thousands of people, all gathered to defend criminals, spreading lies and pushing fake narratives/peddling propaganda. If you ever wondered how the heinous dictator’s in history could amass such a mind numbed dedicated following, void of decency and rule of law…here you go. https://t.co/gVNVE2NqeB
— Jon Justice (@JonJustice) January 24, 2026
Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE.
— The Minnesota Star Tribune (@StarTribune) January 24, 2026
📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune pic.twitter.com/fZiGCk7oIV
The level of propaganda is through the roof. We have reached the point where an illegal immigrant father can abandon his child as he runs away, and the media portrays the event as ICE kidnapping a child and using him as "bait."
Let's be clear: the only people using this 5-year-old boy as "bait" are the Democrats, not ICE.
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) January 22, 2026
They have their talking points are are parroting them in unison. Don't fall for this narrative construction.
Democrat politicians and left-wing media are not concerned with truth. pic.twitter.com/mxtBZwyNCs
There is not even an attempt to get even the simplest facts right. If there is an anti-ICE narrative to spew, they will spew it.
BREAKING - ABC is now facing a potential defamation lawsuit after David Muir went on air last night and spread the lie to millions that ICE agents used a child as bait to capture his father when in reality the father abandoned his child.
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) January 23, 2026
Every agent involved needs to sue. pic.twitter.com/AQiUtb0ktB
The reality on the ground is much different from what most people see. We have reached the point where crowds are stalking random people on suspicion of being ICE agents and harassing them. The mere suspicion that you are a federal agent is enough to get you surrounded.
🚨 GESTAPO PROTESTORS: Minneapolis “ICE observers” followed us for over an HOUR and demanded to SEE OUR PAPERS.
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) January 23, 2026
We were told to leave Minneapolis and go to the airport or else.
They claimed that our plates came back as “CONFIRMED ICE” in their database on multiple occasions pic.twitter.com/JawygMBld3
Coming soon: the Beer Hall Putsch.
🚨 JUST IN: Jacob Frey and Tim Walz are receiving MASSIVE BLAME for today's Border agent-involved shooting in Minneapolis
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 24, 2026
HE'S RIGHT.
THIESSEN: "The governor and the mayor are to blame for all of this because they're doing two things that are endangering both illegal migrants… pic.twitter.com/EJMuku7XVn
THIESSEN: "The governor and the mayor are to blame for all of this because they're doing two things that are endangering both illegal migrants and the protesters."
"They are NOT cooperating with ICE in getting rid of those people. As a result, they have to carry out these large-scale raids in order to find them!"
"And while they're finding them, there are collateral arrests of people who don't have criminal records because if they find someone who's here illegally, they're going to take them and they're going to deport them."
"So they're causing the need for these raids to begin with by their sanctuary policies. And then the protesters are protesting in response to those raids."
"And they're pouring fuel on the fire by accusing ICE of doing terrible things, which means that somebody is going to get upset and bring a gun to one of these protests and they're going to get shot!"
"So they're endangering the protesters with their rhetoric about ICE and by encouraging them to go out and protest."
"And the raids wouldn't even be necessary if they would just do their jobs and follow the law and cooperate with ICE in deporting the people with criminal records. Nine out of 10 Americans want to deport every illegal migrant with a criminal record!"
@marcthiessen
🚨 BREAKING: MASSIVE law enforcement response in Minneapolis right now after Border Patrol shot an ARMED suspect who resisted arrest.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 24, 2026
Leftists are ALREADY swarming the scene like clockwork, turning it into chaos. Tim Walz is out here siding with the criminal resister, shocker.… pic.twitter.com/858cbeJ8Ae
UPDATE:
It's going to be a long day, or week...
Yeah, we’re probably getting riots.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) January 24, 2026
Already looks like a war zone in Minneapolis.pic.twitter.com/LWPQwUWL4j
🚨 JUST IN: Federal agents are UNLEASHING crowd control munitions on leftists in Minneapolis after an armed suspect was shot and killed
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 24, 2026
Mayor Frey and Tim Walz caused this. They called for people to FIGHT BACK against Border agents, and look what happened.
THEY SHOULD RESIGN.… pic.twitter.com/ZTGvWtLjMc
MFD is trying to get to a dumpster fire at 26th and Blaisdell, but the area is being blocked by dumpsters and protesters, who are also throwing objects at officers.
— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls) January 24, 2026
This is near the scene of this morning's fatal ICE involved shooting in south Minneapolis.
11:22 pic.twitter.com/khzXtbFKy7
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.
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 24, 2026
The officers attempted to… pic.twitter.com/5Y50mYONGH
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.
UPDATE:
Barricades have been built by the protesters, and dumpsters with rocks have been put in place for use by the protesters. Very organized crowd.
Tim Walz: "I want everyone to get in the faces of ICE agents and resist them."
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 24, 2026
Leftist: *gets into the faces of ICE agents with a gun... gets shot*
Tim Walz: "This is Donald Trump's fault! Get ICE out of here now." https://t.co/ihSIf7dExs
🚨 BREAKING: The riot exploding in Minneapolis right now is 100% PAID and ORGANIZED, after Border Patrol took out an armed suspect in self-defense!
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 24, 2026
Protesters are TAKING COMMANDS from organizers, getting food handed out, receiving notifications on where to go, and knew exactly… pic.twitter.com/Nd5IzC6vr9
Minnesota appears to be DECLARING an intention to amplify the current insurrection against federal law enforcement.
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) January 24, 2026
They want DHS and ICE to tuck tail and run.
They are there because our country was invaded under Biden and every other president besides Trump.
THEY ALL MUST GO! pic.twitter.com/S1JJZU7fTC
...Many of us have watched this videotape. The view of the hands of the suspect are not clear. We hear the shoot followed by a series of shots. We need to know if the suspect had pulled the gun or the reason for the officers to use lethal force. That would not seem an…
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) January 24, 2026
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