MINNEAPOLIS — A Trump deportation agent shot a Venezuelan immigrant in one leg during an arrest in north Minneapolis. The injury was non-life-threatening, according to the federal agency that is running a massive armed presence in the Twin Cities. Although a large crowd quickly assembled at the scene, this was after the shooting. The only account of what happened was issued by the Trump agency that was running the operation, which clouds is veracity, but the account was all that mews reporters had to go
Acting on a tip that an illegal alien was at an address near North Sixth Street and North 24th Avenue, ICE agents attempted an arrest. The man fled in a car but right away crashed into a parked car. He ran but was brought down by an ICE agent. As they struggled on the ground, two men came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the ICE agent with a snow shovel and broom handle. The ICE agent fired a shot at the man who was the original target of the raid and hit one leg. The assailants then barricaded themselves back in the apartment. An ICE tactical team breached the place and took four individuals into custody. The ICE agent in the initial struggle was hospitalized but apparently without grave injury. The wounded Venezuelan also was expected to recover.
To repeat: Considering the low credibility of ICE accounts about earlier encounters, the agency’s summary may or may not be complete or accurate. The North Side incident occurred a week after another JCE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Wood in another part of Minneapolis. ICE accounts of the Ranee Nicole Wood incident have been contradicted by video records.