MINNEAPOLIS (TNND) — Protesters in Minneapolis appeared to storm a hotel on Sunday, where they suspected federal agents had been staying after the second fatal shooting in the city amid an immigration crackdown.
Alex Pretti, 37, was shot and killed on Saturday by a Border Patrol officer while participating in a protest opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
Videos showed demonstrators outside the Home Suites by Hilton Hotel banging on trash cans and bells with windows bashed in and spray-painted with the words “ICE OUT OF MPLS.”
Officers with the Minneapolis Police Department and heavily armed agents were eventually forced to step in to control the violent crowd trying to push its way inside, according to the New York Post. Tear gas and flash-bangs were quickly deployed to disperse demonstrators.
“The Minnesota State Patrol and DNR [Department of Natural Resources] were called to assist Minneapolis police with damage to hotel property at Home2 Suites Hotel on University Avenue,” the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said in a statement. “While they collaboratively worked to encircle the group for arrests because the demonstration was not peaceful, federal agents arrived without communication and deployed chemical irritants, clearing the group.”
It was not confirmed if any ICE agents were staying at the hotel.
The violent protests that broke out were similar to the unrest after the shooting death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in early January.
Minneapolis protesters outside Hilton hotel Jan. 25, 2026 (KARE via CNN Newsource)
Video released of the shooting showed the officer, identified as Jonathan Ross, firing his gun several times as Good attempted to drive her SUV away.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused Good of committing “domestic terrorism” after she allegedly tried to “weaponize” her vehicle.
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An independent autopsy of Good concluded she was shot three times, including fatally in the head.
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