A federal agent shot and injured an immigrant in Minneapolis on Wednesday night, federal officials said, an incident that touched off clashes between protesters and law enforcement and that came just one week after an immigration agent killed a woman in the city.
Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement that federal agents were trying to arrest a male from Venezuela who was in the country illegally. She claimed that the person fled from agents.
When the officer caught up to him, Ms. McLaughlin said he “began to resist and violently assault the officer,” and that two people came out of a nearby building and joined in attacking the officer with a snow shovel and broom handle.
The officer feared for his life, Ms. McLaughlin said, and fired shots, striking the person who agents were seeking in the leg. She said the agent and the person who was shot were in the hospital, and the other two people she accused of attacking the agent were in custody.
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As word of the latest shooting spread, protesters gathered near the apparent scene on Wednesday night. {snip}
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