Screenshot from video taken by bystander Caitlin Callenson (above, courtesy of the Minnesota Reformer)
Video taken by bystander Caitlin Callenson shows a masked ICE officer fatally shooting a driver in Minneapolis today, on Jan. 7, 2026. Video was shared via the Minnesota Reformer, “an independent, nonprofit news organization dedicated to keeping Minnesotans informed and unearthing stories other outlets can’t or won’t tell.”
Below is the full video of the incident taken by they bystander (CAUTION: contains violence, profanity and bloodshed):
The full story on the incident is shared below with permission from the Minnesota Reformer:
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ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis
An ICE officer shot a woman driving an SUV through her car window in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The person is dead, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security.
Video of the incident shared with the Reformer shows masked ICE officers approach a Honda Pilot stopped in the middle of Portland Avenue near 34th Street. One officer tells the driver to “get out of the f*cking car” and tries to open the door. The driver then slowly backs up and then pulls forward. An officer at the front of the vehicle fires three shots and the SUV travels a short distance before crashing into a parked car.
The witness who took the video, Caitlin Callenson, said she was on a walk when she saw an ICE vehicle stuck in the snow. As more ICE vehicles arrived, bystanders blew whistles in protest, and the driver of the SUV tried to block the ICE vehicles.
Callenson said she did not see ICE agents attempting to detain anyone leading up to or after the shooting.
After the shots were fired, the driver was “then was completely slumped over in the vehicle,” said Emily Heller, another witness. Federal agents wouldn’t allow a man who said he is a physician to examine the driver, Heller said. Emergency medical technicians arrived 15 minutes later, she said.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant Secretary Dept. of Homeland Security, writing on X, gave a different version of what happened: “One of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism. An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.”
Dozens of federal agents from ICE and the FBI, as well as Minneapolis police officers and Hennepin County sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene
As some federal officers attempted to leave, protestors blocked their vehicle. The officers fired a noxious gas at close range, causing distress and vomiting for many demonstrators and journalists.
Protests are ongoing.
Protesters hurled insults at Minneapolis Police officers, who are not supposed to assist with immigration enforcement, but were on the scene Wednesday morning.
City Council members including Robin Wonsley and Jamal Osman addressed the crowd, saying the area was an active crime scene, and that MPD was present to investigate.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty issued a statement soon after the shooting saying she is “pushing hard for a local investigation which is the only way to ensure full transparency and review by our office.”
U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a St. Paul Democrat, called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who filmed herself observing ICE actions in Minneapolis on Tuesday, to immediately stop the ICE operation “to restore order and prevent further injuries.”
Press conference held after the incident by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara:
Mayor tells ICE to “get the fuck out of Minneapolis” and says the idea that this shooting was done in self defense is “bullshit” and “a garbage narrative.”
Trump attacks the woman who recorded the video and who was yelling at the ICE agent after he allegedly shot the woman, saying she is a “professional agitator.” Trump blames the whole incident on “the radical left”:
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115855701696773990
MURDERED by ICE
Trump – Guilty
Noem – Guilty
Hurd – Guilty with an enhancement of cowardice
You’d have to be a stone cold heartless individual to side with ICE on this one. Pretty f&%*ing disgusting.
Trump’s Brownshirts are now killing citizens, It’s time for Tim Walz to activate the National Guard and to arrest and detain every Ice Officer and hold them until they are definitively identified and the perp is arrested.
Mayor Jacob Frey tells ICE to ‘get the f— out of Minneapolis – that’s a press conference worth watching.