A federal law enforcement officer shot an illegal Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement.
DHS said the officer on Wednesday night was “conducting a targeted traffic stop” when the shooting victim fled the scene, then “began to resist and violently assault the officer” while two other subjects joined in the attack using a snow shovel and broomstick.
DHS said the officer then “fired a defensive shot to defend his life,” striking the initial suspect, who DHS said “got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick,” in the leg.
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“The attacked officer and subject are both in the hospital. Both attackers are in custody,” DHS said in the statement.
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