Federal officer shoots man in leg after ‘ambush’ in Minneapolis, DHS says
A federal officer shot a Venezuelan man this evening in Minneapolis after what was described as an “ambush," the Department of Homeland Security said.
The officer had been conducting a targeted traffic stop at 6:50 p.m. local time when the man left in a vehicle, which crashed into a parked car, and then fled on foot, the department said in a statement.
As the officer pursued the man, who the department said was in the country illegally, he assaulted the officer, according to the statement.
During that struggle, two people came out of an apartment and attacked the officer with a snow shovel and broom handle, according to the statement.
The man got loose and also began attacking the officer with a shovel or broom stick, the department said.
“Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life,” the department said, adding that the man officers had been chasing was shot in the leg.
All three men barricaded themselves in the apartment but were taken into custody, according to the statement.
Both the man who was shot and the officer were hospitalized, the department said. Additional details about the incident were not immediately available.
A comment about the mayor’s press conference.
Even from a liberal perspective, the optics on this are awful. Leaving his citizens out to dry while he goes on TV to whine about it is going end his career.
Frey just got re-elected and he beat the dem-soc option Omar Fateh because screaming and crying about “crime is out of control” unfortunately works. We’re stuck with him for at least a few more years and by then I am sure people will forget all over again.
Eat the rich asap anyone? Anyone at all? Your tax dollars and representatives are literally working against you. Need dedicated street militias asap fr. Black panthers but on a much larger scale and not just black folks, everyone who would stand against the fascists. Only nazis and pdffiles are safe in America right now, this is reality, and the people need to change it. Mario’s brother, allegedly, knew how… Or am I wrong?
“Don’t take the bait” bro they are killing us and declared innocent without even a sham investigation, how the hell do these libs expect litigation will stop ICE? Are they really ignorant to the situation or just incapable of admitting it? I don’t recall who said it but at least the person who basically said “we’d stop them but they have bigger guns” was being honest.
That was Mayor Frey