For the second time in a week, a shooting involving an immigration agent sparked heated clashes in Minnesota – prompting the president tothreaten to use the Insurrection Act.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, federal agents were conducting a "targeted traffic stop" when a man, a Venezuelan national, resisted arrest and started to "violently assault" one of its officers.
During the struggle, DHS said, two people came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the officer using a snow shovel and a broom handle.
After the suspect got loose and joined the attack, the officer fired "defensive shots," striking the original suspect in the leg, DHS said.
The federal government's narrative could not immediately be verified.
The man who was shot was taken to a nearby hospital withnon-life-threatening injuries, the city of Minneapolis said.
Mayor: Don't take the bait
In the hours after Wednesday's shooting, protesters gathered near the scene and clashed with officers, who deployed tear gas canisters, pepper balls and what sounded like flash bangs before officials told people to "go home."
"I urge anyone that is at the scene to leave immediately," Police Chief Brian O'Hara said, calling the gathering an "unlawful assembly."
Exactly one week earlier, protests erupted in Minneapolis and spread across the country after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killedRenee Goodin her vehicle.
The Trump administrationquickly called the fatal shooting justifiedand said itdoesn't plan to investigatethe ICE officer's actions. Instead, the administration has soughtto investigate Good and her widow– leading to theresignations of six federal prosecutors.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he understood the angst in the community Wednesday but gave a stern warning to anyone considering wrongful activity.
"For those who have peacefully protested, I applaud you," Frey said. "For those who are taking the bait, you are not helping, and you are not helping the undocumented immigrants of our city. You are not helping the people who call this place home."
Federal agent fired 'defensive shots,' DHS says
The events leading to Wednesday's shooting started around 6:50 p.m. During a traffic stop, the Venezuelan man fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car, and ran away, DHS said.
"The law enforcement officer caught up to the subject on foot and attempted to apprehend him when the subject began to resist and violently assault the officer," DHS said.
After two people from a nearby apartment came out and attacked the officer with a snow shovel and a broom handle, the suspect joined the attack, DHS said.
That's when the officer fired "defensive shots," striking the initial suspect in the leg, the agency said. The three people who assaulted the officer ran back into the apartment building and barricaded themselves, DHS said.
The agent involved is an ICE officer, US Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino said. CNN has reached out to DHS for more information.
DHS did not say how long they were barricaded. But O'Hara said one person was shot during a "struggle" with law enforcement and later refused to come out of a home. That man was removed by federal agents, who entered the home and took the person to an ambulance.
The officer and initial subject are both in the hospital, and the two other people are in custody, DHS said. The statement did not detail how their detention unfolded.
'This is not sustainable'
Minneapolis leaders are asking the city — once again rocked by violence involving federal law enforcement — to remain calm.
"There's still a lot that we don't know at this time, but what I can tell you for certain is that this is not sustainable," Frey said, demanding again that ICE leave the city.
"This is an impossible situation that our city is presently being put in and at the same time, we are trying to find a way forward, to keep people safe, to protect our neighbors, to maintain order," Frey said.
"We cannot be at a place right now in America where we have two governmental entities that are literally fighting one another."
Smoke hung in the air late Wednesday evening as officers deployed tear gas canisters, including one that struck CNN correspondent Whitney Wild. At one point, it appeared a member of the crowd threw one of the gas canisters back at agents, who then kicked it away.
Video from the CNN crew on scene showed two vehicles that appeared to have been recently ransacked and vandalized.
One car had the words "F*ck ICE" plastered over it, while another had "America land of the obey or die" written on it. Both were seen with their trunks open and debris scattered on the ground.
It was not immediately clear who the vehicles belonged to. CNN has reached out to both the FBI and DHS for more information.
A crowd also followed federal agents through the neighborhood, with a line of officers forming a wall behind yellow police tape to block off the road, around 10 minutes from downtown Minneapolis.
A CNN team on the ground saw a convoy of Minneapolis police and Minnesota State Patrol officers arrive. While local law enforcement officers have not actively taken part in immigration enforcement operations in the city, they have often been dispatched to the scenes of critical incidents and demonstrations to ensure public safety.
O'Hara told reporters Minneapolis police had secured the scene and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) are processing evidence.
A BCA mobile command center vehicle used by investigators to process crime scenes was visible at the location of the shooting Wednesday, flanked by federal agents securing the perimeter.
The presence of state investigators on scene at the latest shooting by a federal immigration officer was notable, given federal authoritieshad previously blocked the BCAfrom participating in the investigation of the shooting of Good.
This story has been updated with additional information.
CNN's Josh Campbell and Diego Mendoza contributed to this report.
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