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Topline The man fatally shot by federal agents Saturday morning in Minneapolis was a U.S. citizen who lived in the city, reports say, according to local authorities, the latest in a series of escalating events related to a large federal presence in Minnesota. Federal agents wearing gas masks walk towards protestors with tear gas in the air on January 24, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Earlier agents allegedly shot and killed a protestor amid a scuffle to arrest him. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. Getty Images Key Facts The group of federal agents, shown in a video shared on Facebook, took the man to the ground and began punching him before at least 10 shots were fired outside Glam Doll Donuts on the south side of the city, with the man going limp. In an afternoon press briefing, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the victim was a 37-year-old American citizen and was shot multiple times. Earlier on Saturday, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said federal agents “were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault,” who she said was armed with a semi-automatic handgun. The federal agents tried to disarm the man, but when he “violently resisted,” an agent “fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers” fired defensive shots that killed the man, McLaughlin said. McLaughlin claimed the victim “wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” but police were unable to corroborate those details, saying the victim was a lawful gun owner who had a permit to carry. “unlawful Assembly” Declared In Minneapolis O’Hara described “an incredibly volatile scene…

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