Minneapolis ICE shooting agitators set up camp, barricade roads as schools, businesses close in city on edge

MINNEAPOLIS – School was canceled for astir 30,000 students and respective businesses decided to temporarily adjacent aft a pistillate was changeable and killed by an ICE cause connected Wednesday arsenic Minneapolis braces for much protests. Authorities accidental the pistillate attempted to tally implicit national officers during a targeted enforcement operation.

The shooting happened during an ICE enforcement cognition successful southbound Minneapolis connected Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said. According to DHS, agents were trying to marque arrests erstwhile Good allegedly tried utilizing her conveyance arsenic a weapon, which the bureau says prompted a national cause to occurrence shots successful self-defense.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a quality league that the woman, identified arsenic Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, had been "stalking and impeding agents" and was instructed to get retired of her car conscionable earlier the shooting, but did not comply.

Good was pronounced dormant soon after. On Wednesday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey publically disagreed with DHS's appraisal of the shooting arsenic self-defense, calling it "bull----."

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At the determination wherever Wednesday's shooting happened, protesters person blocked disconnected the thoroughfare utilizing shipping pallets, trash cans, e-scooters, tires and more. 

Hundreds of protesters besides gathered extracurricular the Whipple Building successful Minneapolis to rally against ICE and the shooting of Good. At slightest 4 radical appeared to beryllium detained by national authorities.

Chants of "shame" and "go home" could beryllium heard, directed astatine the officers.

As protests began crossed the city, the Minneapolis Public School District announced it would beryllium closing and nary schoolhouse would beryllium successful league owed to "safety concerns."

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Border Patrol national agents detain a demonstrator astatine a protestation against the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, during a rally against accrued migration enforcement crossed the metropolis extracurricular the Whipple Building successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

"Out of an abundance of caution, determination volition beryllium nary schoolhouse connected Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 9 due to information concerns related to today’s incidents astir the city. All MPS-sponsored programs, activities, athletics and Community Education classes, including big education, volition beryllium canceled. The territory volition not determination to e-learning due to the fact that that is lone allowable for terrible weather," the schoolhouse territory announced. 

Several section businesses successful Minneapolis opted to temporarily adjacent their doors arsenic well.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents face a demonstrator during a protestation against migration enforcement successful Minneapolis connected Jan. 8, 2026. (Tim Evans/Reuters)

La Loma Tamales, located astir 5 minutes distant from wherever the shooting happened, announced successful a Facebook station Wednesday that, "We volition beryllium closed until further announcement for the information of our customers and our team."

Francis Burger Joint successful Minneapolis closed its East Lake determination connected Wednesday nighttime "In solidarity with our community."

"We are horrified astatine the events that person happened and are happening successful our metropolis and country. We are frightened and saddened and furious," the edifice wrote connected Facebook. "F--- ICE."

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According to Minneapolis-based quality outlet Bring Me the News, astatine slightest 18 different section restaurants and businesses decided to temporarily adjacent their doors.

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price contributed to this report.