Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September
Source: nytimes.com
All those targeted in the shootings were fired on while in their vehicles.
By Chris Hippensteel Albert Sun and Jill Cowan
Jan. 7, 2026, 5:27 p.m. ET
An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the latest in a series of shootings by federal agents carrying out immigration enforcement operations in American cities.
In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles. In each case, officials have claimed that the agents fired in self-defense, fearing they would be struck by the vehicle.
At least one other person died as a result of those shootings.
In September, immigration officers pulled over a man driving a Subaru on a busy street outside of Chicago. The man, a Mexican immigrant named Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, was shot and killed less than a minute later. Homeland security officials said that Mr. Villegas-Gonzalez had hit and dragged one of the officers with his car and that the officer who shot him was acting in self-defense. But a Times analysis of video calls into question key aspects of the government’s account.
The following month, a Mexican man living in Los Angeles was shot during a traffic stop where the man was targeted for immigration enforcement. Federal officials said the man, Carlitos Ricardo Parias, had tried to ram officers as he fled the scene, and homeland security officers fired shots, hitting the man in the elbow. A federal marshal was struck in the hand by a ricocheted bullet...........................
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"All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles. In each case, officials have claimed that the agents fired in self-defense, fearing they would be struck by the vehicle."
Jerrad Christian @jerradchristian.bsky.social
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What happened in Minneapolis today was predictable. ICE has detained, deported, and shot at Americans for months. It was only a matter of time before one of us died.
There must be a price for this murder, and Congress must act to abolish ICE.
What happened in Minneapolis today was predictable. ICE has detained, deported, and shot at Americans for months. It was only a matter of time before one of us died.
— Jerrad Christian (@jerradchristian.bsky.social) 2026-01-07T23:10:44.216Z
There must be a price for this murder, and Congress must act to abolish ICE.
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A silver car with a dented hood sits behind yellow police tape.
The fatal shooting in Franklin Park, Ill., where a federal agent shot and killed a man during a traffic stop in September.Credit...Todd Heisler/The New York Times
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