Minneapolis shooting: Chicago-area Illinois leaders, protesters speak out after man shot, killed by federal agents in Minnesota
Chicago and Illinois leaders are speaking out and protesters are gathering after officials said a man was shot and killed Saturday in a confrontation with federal agents in Minneapolis.
The Department of Homeland Security alleged the man "approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun."
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz lashed out against President Donald Trump, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and other administration officials over the shooting and reiterated his call for federal agents to leave the state.
The fatal shooting is also drawing reaction from officials in the Chicago area.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker posted the following statement to social media :
"Masked federal agents in Minnesota just shot and killed another person. We must put a stop to Trump's ICE. Now. Stop the funding, stop the occupations, stop the killings. I am asking my fellow Republican and Democratic Governors across the nation to have a unified response. We must all stand against the lawlessness being inflicted in our states."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson posted the following statement to social media :
"One day after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to remind us of our shared humanity, ICE murdered another innocent person in Minneapolis. We pray for the victim and their loved ones. When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. ICE must be abolished.
"We cannot allow Trump's militarized and masked police to continue killing innocent people with impunity. Chicago stands in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis who are facing this tyranny. We need ICE and CBP to get out of our cities right now."
Protesters are planning to gather at 3 p.m. in Logan Square on Chicago's Northwest Side, organizers said, despite frigid temperatures .
ABC News contributed to this report.
