Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the woman who was fatally shot Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis was “using a vehicle to try to kill an officer and his colleagues,” noting that all elected officials should denounce violent acts against law enforcement.
During a news conference at the Texas southern border, Noem said ICE agents were conducting an enforcement action in Minneapolis when their vehicle got stuck in the snow.
As they were attempting to push the vehicle, she said a woman “attacked them and those surrounding them” and “attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle.”
“It was an act of domestic terrorism,” Noem said. “An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot to protect himself and the people around him.”
The woman, who has not yet been publicly identified, was pronounced dead.
The shooting came days after DHS deployed 2,000 additional officers to the Minneapolis area, sparking protests in the blue city.
“The act like we saw today… is something that every politician, every elected official, everyone in this country, should be able to rally around and say that it is wrong,” she said. “That sanctuary cities and sanctuary states that protect individuals who do that should no longer be allowed.”
