Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis police call for backup after violent weekend
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis police are calling for backup after a violent and deadly weekend. Since Thursday, two men have been killed in shootings, a third killed in a stabbing and seven more injured from gunfire.
“This weekend we’ve seen an unacceptable level of crime and violence,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said during a news conference Sunday.
O’Hara said he called an emergency MPD command staff meeting, invited outside law enforcement partners and immediately implemented a multi-jurisdictional plan to address the violence.
“We can’t fix a lot of the root causes behind a lot of the crime issues in the city, but certainly it’s a very necessary component. Police are absolutely necessary to try to prevent, respond to, and keep people safe,” O’Hara said.
O’Hara said the department is too understaffed to handle back-to-back violent cases like the ones that occurred over the weekend. He’s called for back up from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota BCA, which will assist with patrols and investigations. Several community groups and violence interupters will be working the streets too, he said.
“It’s incredibly important that we continue to push for staffing the police department so we’re able to prevent some of these incidents better, but if nothing else certainly, respond to and investigate them thoroughly,” he said.
Earlier this month, the city approved a new police contract which will give officers a nearly 22% pay increase over three years, with Rookie officers set to make more than $90,000 a year. Advocates of the new contract said it was necessary to retain and recruit officers.
“Thanks to our partners, I’m confident we’ll be able to track down and hold those responsible and end this spike in violence,” O’Hara said.
Chief O’Hara said they’re also in touch with the FBI, ATF, U.S. Attorney’s Office and Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
More details about this new multi-jurisdictional plan are expected to be released in the next few days.
Minneapolis, MN
ICE officer shoot man in leg in north Minneapolis after shovel attack, officials say
A shooting occurred Wednesday night in north Minneapolis after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were attacked by men with shovels during an arrest operation amid Operation Metro Surge, three U.S. officials told CBS News.
One of the men, a Venezuelan migrant, was shot in the leg but is expected to be OK, two of the officials told CBS News.
According to law enforcement officials briefed on the incident, the shooting occurred around 7 p.m. during a targeted ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations action near North Sixth Street and North 24th Avenue.
Officials say one man armed with a shovel — described as an “illegal alien” from Venezuela and the primary target of the operation — assaulted an ICE officer, striking the officer with the shovel and attempting to hit the agent’s head. An ICE ERO agent then opened fire, striking the man in the leg.
After being shot, the man fled into a residence. Authorities later determined the house contained three additional targets. All four individuals barricaded themselves inside the home.
Due to the barricade situation, additional agents were called to the scene. Officers breached the house with the assistance of an ICE specialized tactical team. Officials believe all individuals inside the home were taken into custody.
Both the ICE officer who was struck and the man who was shot were transported to the hospital. The man who was shot is expected to be OK. The officer’s condition and the nature of their injuries have yet to be confirmed.
A large crowd has formed at the scene, with fireworks reportedly heard nearby.
The shooting comes exactly one week after ICE officer Jonathan Ross fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good in south Minneapolis.
This is a developing story and it will be updated.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis live updates: ICE protesters face tear gas as Trump administration promises tough response
From high school students to elected officials, residents in Minnesota are pushing back against the growing deployment of federal immigration officers in their neighborhoods, leading to days of confrontations and protests.
Resident Neph Sudduth stopped to choke back tears as she witnessed immigration officers roaming around her neighborhood, just a few blocks from the site where an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good last week, and clashing with protesters.
“They will hurt you for real! They will hurt you for real!” she shouted at anti-ICE demonstrators, urging them to move away from the officers’ vehicles. Just then, an immigration officer rolled down his window, extended his arm and sprayed a protester point-blank in the face with a chemical agent.
Federal agents use pepper spray against a protester Sunday in Minneapolis. Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images
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MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Loved ones are demanding the immediate release of Garrison Gibson from ICE custody after armed federal agents used a door-breaching battering ram to arrest him inside his Minneapolis home.
Gibson’s legal team has since filed a habeas petition, arguing the arrest violated his constitutional rights because ICE did not have a judicial warrant.
Arrest caught on camera
What we know:
Video captured the arrest of Garrison Gibson inside his north Minneapolis home on Sunday morning.
Armed federal agents used a battering ram to enter the house after his family demanded to see a judicial warrant.
His loved ones documented the unfolding immigration enforcement operation live on Facebook.
Within 24 hours, Gibson’s legal team had filed a habeas petition, asking a federal judge to release him immediately.
“Any American should be terrified by that because that is such an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment,” Gibson’s immigration attorney, Marc Prokosch, told FOX 9. “That is from our Bill of Rights. To see a battering ram coming to the front door of your house with a 9-year-old inside is just terrifying.”
Living under ICE supervision
Dig deeper:
According to court filings, Gibson is a 38-year-old Liberian citizen, who has a final immigration removal order dating back to 2009.
But he has lived under ICE supervision for more than 15 years with a past drug conviction that has been cleared from his record.
Prokosch says Gibson had just checked in with ICE officials approximately two weeks prior and had another meeting on the calendar at the end of the month.
But now he questions the tactics of federal law enforcement.
“Why this use of force?” asked Prokosch. “Why not just wait for him to come back because he is not like a violent criminal.”
Behind bars in Freeborn County
What’s next:
Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have been given a couple more days to file a response to the allegations before the judge ultimately rules on Gibson’s habeas petition.
The department has not responded to the FOX 9 Investigators’ request for comment.
In the meantime, the judge has ordered DHS not to move Gibson.
His family reports that he is currently being held at the Freeborn County jail in Albert Lea.
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