by Matt Margolis
On Saturday morning, an armed man confronted Border Patrol agents and was shot as they attempted to disarm him. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the suspect was carrying a firearm and two magazines.
The incident was captured on video.
🚨 BREAKING: The man shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis was ARMED WITH A FIREARM, per @BillMelugin_
Get ready for the Fake News to make his guy who resisted arrest and armed with a firearm a DEMOCRAT HERO once again.
I STAND WITH ICE AND CBP! Keep them safe! pic.twitter.com/NjTocUyrRx
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 24, 2026
This was an inevitable result of Democrat-enabled chaos and relentless demonization of federal immigration enforcement. The suspect wasn’t merely armed with a loaded handgun, but had extra magazines, clearly willing to take action against federal officials.
President Donald Trump has now reacted to the incident with a Truth Social post that framed the shooting as proof of broader lawlessness, failed leadership, and massive corruption in Minnesota, and possibly hinted that he may invoke the Insurrection Act as a result.
“This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go – What is that all about?” Trump wrote. “Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off?” He added that agents were left to fend for themselves, saying it was “stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do!”