Minneapolis ICE shooting under investigation, unrest breaks out in Minnesota

Prosecutors in Minnesota announced Friday that they will start collecting their own evidence in the ICE-involved shooting, with Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty saying the officer responsible “does not have complete immunity here.”

The development comes a day after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension dropped out of the investigation, alleging it was told by the FBI it would not have full access to the case materials. The Department of Homeland Security has disputed that claim.

On Thursday, Vice President JD Vance said the ICE agent involved in the shooting “is protected by absolute immunity.”

“I can’t speak to why the Trump administration is doing what it’s doing or says what it says. I can say that the ICE officer does not have complete immunity here,” Moriarty said.

“We do not yet know if there will be sufficient evidence without the FBI case file to even make a charging decision. The FBI currently has, for example, Ms. Good’s car, the shellcasing and witness interviews. The FBI has taken the car, and so any forensic analysis that comes from that, would not be available to us unless they were sharing that,” Moriarty said.

“So we are moving forward in collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office and the BCA to preserve any evidence and ensure that it can be reviewed,” she continued.

“To that end, we are asking those in our community who have information or who have video or photos of the event to submit that information to our office. We are providing a secure link where people can submit this evidence,” she also said.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison added, “We still know that there’s evidence out there, and we want to make sure it gets gathered and collected.”