Key Highlights
- At 6:50 PM CT, federal law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted traffic stop in Minneapolis of an illegal alien from Venezuela who was released into the country by Joe Biden in 2022. In an attempt to evade arrest, the subject fled the scene in his vehicle and crashed…— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 15, 2026 @DHSgov McLaughlin said the man fled in a vehicle but eventually crashed into a parked car and then ran off.
- One federal officer gave chase and caught up to the man, who began assaulting the fed.
- During their ensuing battle, two other people allegedly stepped out of a building nearby and attacked the federal officer with a snow shovel and broom stick. McLaughlin said the officer feared for his life and pulled a gun, pumping a bullet into the leg of the man with whom he started fighting.
- The officer who was attacked and the shooting victim were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
- Their conditions were not immediately known.
