Tensions continued over the weekend in Minneapolis, as protesters clashed in the streets with law enforcement, following the second shooting there in about a week involving a federal officer.
The Department of Homeland Security said that on Wednesday, a federal law enforcement officer shot a person, who they say had fled a traffic stop and then, along with two other people, began attacking the officer.
That incident followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, on Jan. 7. DHS officials said Good was allegedly attempting to run over law enforcement officers when an ICE officer fatally shot her -- a claim that local officials have disputed.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz posted an appeal to President Donald Trump on social media Thursday.
"Let's turn the temperature down. Stop this campaign of retribution. This is not who we are," he said in the post.
Gov. Tim Walz responds to a question from the news media during a press conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 6, 2026.
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Walz also appealed to Minnesotans.
"I know this is scary. We can – we must – speak out loudly, urgently, but also peacefully. We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That's what he wants," he said.
-ABC News' Faith Abubey
Jan 15, 2026, 2:22 PM EST
DHS releases details of Wednesday shooting incident
The Department of Homeland Security released details of the alleged assault by a reported undocumented man that led to a federal agent opening fire Wednesday night.
Agents stopped a car in Minneapolis for Julio Cesar Sosa-Ceils, who DHS alleges was undocumented, according to a press release. Sosa-Ceils allegedly fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car and fled on foot, according to DHS.
The suspect allegedly began to resist arrest and "violently assault an officer" when two other people "came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle," according to DHS.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington.
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Sosa-Celis allegedly "got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick," and the officer shot the suspect in the leg, according to DHS. Sosa Celis and the other two suspects, who were not identified but alleged to be undocumented," were arrested, according to DHS.
-ABC News' Luke Barr
Jan 15, 2026, 2:09 PM EST
Minnesota state agency will conduct probe into recent shooting
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) says it will conduct its own investigation into the shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday night involving a federal officer and a man the Department of Homeland Security has described as a wanted Venezuelan immigrant.
The BCA said in an X post that its team was there to process the scene.
-ABC News' Faith Abubey
Jan 15, 2026, 2:07 PM EST
Two dozen Democrats to travel to St. Paul Friday
More than two dozen Democrats are traveling to St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday to join Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar for a "shadow hearing," titled "Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump's Deadly Assault on Minnesota."
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., one of the members scheduled to take the trip, decried the federal government's growing presence in the state.
"You have people battering down the door of residents with multiple people with battering rams without an arrest warrant. That is outrageous," she told reporters Thursday.
Minneapolis and Minnesota State police guard a perimeter following a shooting incident with federal agents, January 14, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., blasted the president for his social media post threatening to use the Insurrection Act.
"They are going after American citizens. If we are not going to stand up for our freedoms now, if we're not going to stand up for federalism now, then when?" he said.
Pressed whether protests in Minneapolis have gone too far, Khanna instead directed his ire at law enforcement.
"I've always supported peaceful protests," Khanna said. "What's gone too far is the lawless ICE agents' attack on American citizens and on people taking away their freedoms.
