Minneapolis (Reuters) – On Wednesday, a US immigration officer shot and injured a Venezuelan man fleeing a traffic check in Minneapolis, according to the authorities, raising concerns about an unexpected deployment of militarized federal officers in Minnesota’s most populated city.

The US Department of Homeland Security, which is in charge of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement, claimed the shooting occurred after two persons attacked the federal officer with a broomstick and snow shovel while he struggled with the Venezuelan, who the DHS said was in the country illegally.

Protesters hurling rocks, ice, and fireworks battled with law enforcement officers who fired tear gas late into the night following the incident, which occurred a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good, a US citizen, in her car in Minneapolis.

Reuters photographers captured images of law enforcement police and protestors on dark streets covered by clouds of tear gas and occasionally lit by beams from agents’ spotlights and flashes from crowd control ammunition.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara advised audiences “engaging in unlawful acts” near the gunshot site to disperse at a press conference with Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday.

“We do not need this to escalate any further,” O’Hara stated.

The DHS accused Frey and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, both Democrats, of promoting resistance to ICE with “hateful rhetoric,” which Frey denied.

“We cannot counter Donald Trump’s chaos with our own brand of chaos,” according to the mayor.

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