Minneapolis police nowhere to be found as agitators seize control of street after ICE shooting

MINNEAPOLIS – The Minneapolis Police Department was absent from the artifact wherever Wednesday’s ICE shooting unfolded, allowing agitators to prehend power of the thoroughfare and erect makeshift barricades that kept others retired of the area.

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

Following the shooting, agitators took power of the thoroughfare wherever the shooting took spot and utilized makeshift barricades with chairs, trash cans, wood shipping pallets, bicycles and more.

Fox News Digital went to the country surrounding the makeshift barricades and observed agitators directing traffic. No constabulary officers were observed nearby.

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Residents barricade the 3300 artifact of Portland Avenue successful Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, wherever Renee Nicole Good was changeable the time earlier by an cause with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Residents barricade the 3300 artifact of Portland Ave. successful Minneapolis, MN, Thursday, January 8, 2026. The artifact is wherever Renee Nicole Good was changeable by an ICE cause the time before. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Minneapolis constabulary took down the makeshift barricades aboriginal Friday morning.

"F--- ICE" was spray-painted connected 1 of the woody shipping pallets. Another adjacent motion said "ICE are terrorists."

During a quality league aft the shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was "stalking and impeding agents" and was instructed to get retired of her car conscionable earlier the shooting, but did not comply.

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Residents barricade the 3300 artifact of Portland Avenue successful Minneapolis, MN, Thursday, January 8, 2026. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Residents barricade the 3300 artifact of Portland Avenue successful Minneapolis, MN, Thursday, January 8, 2026, wherever Renee Nicole Good was changeable by an ICE agent. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

Residents barricade the 3300 artifact of Portland Avenue successful Minneapolis, MN, Thursday, January 8, 2026, connected the artifact wherever Renee Nicole Good was changeable by an ICE agent. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)

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----."

On Thursday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz authorized the Minnesota National Guard to beryllium acceptable to enactment section and authorities instrumentality enforcement to support protests peaceful.

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Portrait of Renee Nicole Good. (ODU English Department/Facebook)

"Minnesotans person met this moment. Thousands of radical person peacefully made their voices heard. Minnesota: Thank you. We saw almighty peace," Walz said successful a statement. "We person each crushed to judge that bid volition hold."

"We person soldiers successful grooming and prepared to beryllium deployed if necessary. I punctual you, a informing bid is simply a heads-up for folks. Minnesota volition not let our assemblage to beryllium utilized arsenic a prop successful a nationalist governmental fight," helium added.