Walz Says National Guard Ready After ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday that the state’s National Guard is ready to deploy if necessary and added that “we have never been at war with our federal government” after a woman was fatally shot during a federal immigration enforcement operation.
At a news conference, Walz said he had issued a warning order to the Guard, meant as a first step to step up preparations in case troops are needed amid rising tensions following Wednesday’s shooting.
“We are preparing the National Guard,” he said. “They are ready to be deployed if necessary.”
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Law enforcement members work at the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal operations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday. Gov. Tim Walz said he issued a warning order to the state’s National Guard as a precaution. (Stephen Olgun/Getty)
The atmosphere became tense after an unidentified 37-year-old woman was shot in her car in Minneapolis.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were conducting an enforcement action when their vehicle got stuck in the snow.
a woman said as they tried to push the vehicle.attacked them and those around them” and “tried to run them over and crash them with his own vehicle.”
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A federal law enforcement officer shot and hit the woman after she crashed into a nearby parked vehicle.
He was pronounced dead at the scene. DHS told Fox News that the ICE agent who opened fire in Minneapolis on Wednesday was injured in an earlier altercation.
In a separate incident last June while working in the city, the agent was dragged by a car, DHS officials said.
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Walz noted that the National Guard members were residents of the state and were not bused in from elsewhere.
“Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as support in a national political fight,” he said. “We won’t take the bait.”
