ICE Officer Fires Defensive Shot in Minneapolis The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that an ICE officer fired a single defensive round into the leg of a Venezuelan national who, after a vehicle crash, was attacked with a shovel and a broom handle by two accomplices from a nearby apartment [1][4][5]. The wounded man was hospitalized with non‑life‑threatening injuries, and the officer also required medical care for injuries sustained in the ambush [4][5]. DHS described the incident as a self‑defense response and later reported that all three attackers were taken into custody [5].

Protests Spread Across Cities Using Tear Gas and Pepper Balls Within hours of the shooting, demonstrators gathered outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis and in several other cities, confronting federal immigration agents [2][3][5]. Law‑enforcement deployed tear‑gas canisters, pepper‑ball munitions, flash‑bangs and kinetic impact projectiles, injuring participants such as nurse Vincent Hawkins, who suffered facial injuries and lingering vertigo [1]. Mayor Jacob Frey called the federal presence “unsustainable,” noting that the operation involved a force five times larger than local police and that DHS has made more than 2,000 arrests in Minnesota since early December [5][1].

President Signals Possible Use of the Insurrection Act President Trump posted that he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act if Minnesota officials did not halt what he termed “professional agitators,” echoing DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin’s description of protesters as violent rioters throwing rocks, bottles and fireworks [1][3][4]. The administration defended the ICE shooting, announced no internal ICE investigation, and six federal prosecutors resigned amid the controversy [3].

Legal Challenges Highlight Prior Crowd‑Control Controversies 2023 pepper‑ball incident in Chicago, where Rev. David Black was struck, led a federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order limiting certain less‑lethal munitions nationwide [1]; the order has been cited in current debates over crowd‑control tactics. A separate judge has granted the Trump administration time to respond to a request to suspend Minnesota’s immigration crackdown, underscoring ongoing judicial scrutiny [5]. The AP coverage focuses on a photo gallery of the Minneapolis protests and does not detail the shooting or federal policy statements, contrasting with the other outlets’ emphasis on the incident and its political ramifications [2].