Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar wasted no time politicizing a fatal shooting by federal agents, instantly blaming President Trump and the so-called “federal occupation” rather than acknowledging the suspect was armed and resisted officers.
A bystander video shows multiple U.S. Border Patrol agents struggling to subdue a suspect in Minneapolis before gunfire erupts and the individual collapses. According to law enforcement, the suspect was armed with a Sig Sauer handgun and two magazines — a detail conveniently ignored by activists rushing to condemn the officers. Authorities say the suspect was transported to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) January 24, 2026
This appears to be an execution by immigration enforcement. I am absolutely heartbroken, horrified, and appalled that federal agents murdered another member of our community. It is beyond shameful these federal agents are targeting our residents instead of protecting them.
This… https://t.co/s6CufGSJEH
— Rep. Ilhan Omar (@Ilhan) January 24, 2026
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
Instead of waiting for the facts, Walz and Omar rushed straight to social media, instinctively blaming immigration officers and exploiting the incident to push their political agenda – and inflame the situation, which is what they’ve been doing now for weeks.
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“The President must end this operation,” Walz said. “Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”
Omar went as far as to call the self-defense shooting an “execution” and a “murder.”
“This isn’t isolated or accidental,” Omar said in a statement. “The Trump administration is trying to beat us into submission rather than protect us. This administration cannot continue violating constitutional rights under the guise of immigration enforcement. ICE and CBP must leave Minnesota immediately.”
“Their presence is terrorizing our communities, violating rights, and taking lives with zero accountability,” her statement continued. “Minnesota was once a place of refuge, and Trump has turned it into a war zone where unchecked federal forces murder our neighbors.”
Emboldened by the reckless rhetoric of Walz and Omar, agitators swarmed the shooting scene, openly confronting law enforcement and turning a secured area into a volatile flashpoint. Predictable chaos followed, with officers forced to deploy crowd-control measures to stop the situation from exploding into outright violence:
? BREAKING: Minneapolis looks like a WARZONE right now after leftist rioters swarm agents and force them to unload a ball BARRAGE of tear gas
SEND IN THE TROOPS!
DO NOT BACK DOWN TO THESE THUGS! pic.twitter.com/Lb6fUhaSXE
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 24, 2026
? JUST IN: Federal agents are UNLEASHING crowd control munitions on leftists in Minneapolis after an armed suspect was shot and killed
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
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 24, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement claiming that the suspect confronted officers while brandishing a handgun. When officers tried to disarm the individual, he violently resisted their efforts, leading to the officers shooting him in self-defense.
When we have more details on this, we’ll pass them along. In the meantime, some legal brainiac at the Justice Department needs to figure out a way to charge every Democrat bozo with incitement for continuing to whip up their supports against federal agents trying to conduct legitimate law enforcement operations.
