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From: noreply@mixmin.net

Minneapolis officials called on protesters to go home Wednesday night amid
clashes with law enforcement after a person who the Department of Homeland
Security said had assaulted one of its officers was shot in the leg during
an immigration enforcement operation earlier in the evening.

“I urge anyone that is at the scene to leave immediately,” Police Chief
Brian O’Hara said at a news conference.

The comments came as demonstrators clashed with officials hours after a
federal law enforcement officer opened fire on a person when he began to
resist arrest and “violently assault” an officer, the Department of
Homeland Security said in a statement.

The individual was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-
threatening injuries, the city of Minneapolis said.

“For those who have peacefully protested, I applaud you. For those who are
taking the bait, you are not helping, and you are not helping the
undocumented immigrants of our city. You are not helping the people who
call this place home,” Mayor Jacob Frey said at the conference.

Echoing the mayor’s remarks, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged residents to
remain calm.

“I know you’re angry. I’m angry. What Donald Trump wants is violence in
the streets,” he wrote on X Wednesday night. “But Minnesota will remain an
island of decency, of justice, of community, and of peace. Don’t give him
what he wants.”

The incident began when federal officers were conducting a “targeted”
traffic stop at about 6:50 p.m. local time involving a Venezuelan man who
DHS said is in the United States illegally. The man fled the scene in his
vehicle, crashed into a parked car and then ran away on foot, DHS said.

“The law enforcement officer caught up to the subject on foot and
attempted to apprehend him when the subject began to resist and violently
assault the officer,” the post said.

During the struggle, DHS said two people came out of a nearby apartment
and attacked the officer using a snow shovel and a broom handle.

After the suspect got loose and joined the attack, the officer fired
“defensive shots,” DHS said, striking the initial subject in the leg. The
three individuals then ran back into the apartment building, barricading
themselves inside, the agency said.

DHS did not specify how long they were barricaded, but O’Hara said one
individual was removed by federal agents, who made entry into the
residence and took the person to an ambulance.

The officer and initial subject are both in the hospital, and the two
other individuals are in custody, DHS said. The statement did not detail
how their detention unfolded.

Minneapolis leaders are asking the city — once again rocked by violence
involving federal law enforcement — to remain calm.

“There’s still a lot that we don’t know at this time, but what I can tell
you for certain is that this is not sustainable,” Frey said.

“The City of Minneapolis again demands that ICE leave the city and state
immediately. We stand by our immigrant and refugee communities – know that
you have our full support,” the city said in a statement.

Federal agents launched an array of less lethal munitions Wednesday night
to clear crowds of protesters who started gathering at the scene,
including pepper balls and what sounded like flash bangs. At one point, it
appeared a member of the crowd threw one of the gas canisters back at
agents, who then kicked it away.

Smoke hung in the air as officers deployed multiple tear gas canisters,
one striking CNN correspondent Whitney Wild.

A growing crowd had followed federal agents through the neighborhood, with
a line of officers forming a wall behind yellow police tape to block off
the road that sits about 10 minutes from downtown Minneapolis.

A CNN team on the ground witnessed a convoy of officers from the
Minneapolis Police Department and the Minnesota State Patrol also
arriving. While local law enforcement officers have not actively taken
part in immigration enforcement operations in the city, they have often
been dispatched to the scenes of critical incidents and demonstrations to

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