The shooting happened during the latest immigration crackdown in the city. Minneapolis police say the 37-year-old woman was in her car, blocking an intersection. When ICE officers told her to move, the tension escalated.

An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the latest in a series of shootings by federal agents carrying out immigration enforcement operations in American cities.

Federal officials said it was self-defense; the mayor called it reckless and unnecessary.