ICE Agent Fires Three Shots Into Unarmed Driver’s Face, DHS Calls It a “Brave Act of Self-Defense”

MINNEAPOLIS — The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Wednesday that an ICE agent’s decision to fire three rounds into the face of an unarmed driver constituted a “brave act of self-defense,” citing the threat posed by a moving vehicle attempting to leave.

DHS officials explained that the driver escalated the encounter by attempting to drive away, a maneuver the agency now classifies as “vehicular aggression” when performed in the presence of ICE agents.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reinforced the department’s account, labeling the incident “an act of domestic terrorism” and reminding reporters that the same ICE agent had previously experienced danger on the job—context officials said was critical to understanding why this unrelated woman needed to die.

President Trump echoed those sentiments on Truth Social, expressing astonishment that the ICE agent survived the driver’s “disorderly” conduct. Trump concluded that the real victims were federal officers “just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE.”

Local officials offered a much different assessment. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected claims of self-defense, stating that shooting into a vehicle under these circumstances was “bullshit”—a term DHS sources said unfairly minimized the bravery of the ICE agent involved.

At press time, DHS reiterated that the incident would be “reviewed in its entirety,” adding that future encounters may require even more defensive gunfire to ensure public safety.