Minneapolis ICE shooting updates: Over 3,000 arrested in Minnesota, DHS says

The Department of Homeland Security said a federal law enforcement officer shot a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, who they say had fled a traffic stop and then, along with two other people, began attacking the officer.

"Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life," DHS said in a statement on social media. "The initial subject was hit in the leg."

Both the officer and the person who was shot were taken to the hospital, DHS said.

DHS said federal law enforcement officers were conducting a "targeted traffic stop" Wednesday evening at 6:50 p.m. local time. The DHS statement identified the person being stopped as "an illegal alien from Venezuela."

DHS said the person took off in his car, crashed into a parked car and then fled on foot.

When the officer caught up to the person, "the subject began to resist and violently assault the officer," DHS said in the statement. "While the subject and law enforcement were in a struggle on the ground, two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and also attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle."

The statement added: "As the officer was being ambushed and attacked by the two individuals, the original subject got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick."

After the officer fired, the three people ran back into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside, DHS claimed in the statement.

It's unclear from the statement when and how an arrest was made, but DHS said both of the two people it alleges attacked the officer were taken into custody.

City officials in Minneapolis say they are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in the city Wednesday evening.

The announcement came in a social media post, which said officials were working to confirm additional details.

Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday night sharply criticized the federal government’s law enforcement presence in Minnesota, saying it is no longer about immigration enforcement but has become "a campaign of organized brutality."

"They're pulling over people indiscriminately, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers and at grocery stores, at bus stops, even at our schools," Walz said. "They're breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them into unmarked vans."

He warned that conditions could get worse, pointing to a recent online post by former President Donald Trump promising a “day of retribution and reckoning."

Walz called for residents to protest "loudly, urgently, but also peacefully."

He also encouraged residents to document what they see to help create a clear record of what is happening across the state.

"You have an absolute right to peacefully film ICE agents as they conduct these activities," Walz said. "So carry your phone with you at all times, and if you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."

A majority of Americans said Renee Good's fatal shooting was inappropriate, according to a poll released Wednesday

Over half, 56%, of Americans said the ICE agent in Minneapolis killing Good in her car was an inappropriate use of force, according to the poll conducted by CNN.

About half, 51%, of Americans said ICE enforcement actions are making cities less safe.

The poll surveyed 1,209 American adults between Jan. 9 and 12. It has a margin error of +/- 1.3 percentage points.

-ABC News' Emily Guskin