A fatal shooting by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis stirred a row after a viral video appeared to contradict official claims that the man posed an active threat.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the incident happened at 9:05 am during a targeted operation against “an illegal alien wanted for violent assault”.In a post on X, DHS said an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun and two magazines, resisted attempts to disarm him, and was shot after an agent feared for his life and the safety of others.“Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots,” DHS said, adding that medics provided aid but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Political commentator Brian Krassenstein posted a breakdown of what happened during the whole confrontation step-bystep before the shooting on X: “I will show you irrefutable evidence that Border Patrol just k*lled an unarmed man in Minneapolis.”He added: “You can clearly see, as I show you that one agent approaches the man without a gun, reaches into the man’s pants, pulls out the gun, all before the first shots are fired.”
BREAKING: I will show you irrefutable evidence that Border Patrol just k*lled an unarmed man in Minneapolis.
You can clearly see, as I show you that one agent approaches the man without a gun, reaches into the man’s pants, pulls out the gun, all before the first shots are… pic.twitter.com/WCxIPolYrS
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 24, 2026
