Walz prepares National Guard after woman killed in ICE operation: 'Never been at war' with federal government

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz connected Wednesday said the state's National Guard was prepared to deploy if indispensable pursuing the fatal shooting of a pistillate during a national migration enforcement operation, saying "we've ne'er been astatine warfare with our national government."

During a quality conference, Walz said that helium issued a informing bid to the Guard, meaning an archetypal measurement to summation preparations should troops beryllium needed amid heightened tensions aft Wednesday's shooting. 

"We are preparing the National Guard," helium said. "They are prepared to beryllium deployed if necessary."

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Members of instrumentality enforcement enactment the country pursuing a suspected shooting by an ICE cause during national operations connected Wednesday successful Minneapolis, Minnesota. Gov. Tim Walz said helium issued a informing bid to the state's National Guard arsenic a precaution.  (Stephen Maturen/Getty)

The temper successful Minneapolis became tense aft an unidentified 37-year-old pistillate was changeable portion successful her vehicle. 

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were conducting an enforcement enactment erstwhile their conveyance got stuck successful the snow.

As they were attempting to propulsion the vehicle, she said a pistillate "attacked them and those surrounding them" and "attempted to tally them implicit and ram them with her vehicle."

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A national instrumentality enforcement serviceman fired and changeable the woman, who crashed into a adjacent parked vehicle. 

She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. DHS told Fox News that the ICE cause who fired shots successful Minneapolis connected Wednesday had antecedently been injured successful a anterior altercation.

DHS officials said that portion moving successful the metropolis past June, the cause had been dragged by a car successful a abstracted incident.

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Walz noted that the National Guard were residents of the authorities and not being bused successful from elsewhere.

"Minnesota volition not let our assemblage to beryllium utilized arsenic a prop successful a nationalist governmental fight," helium said. "We volition not instrumentality the bait."