What ICE officer involved shootings occurred in 2024 and where?
Executive summary
Reporting shows that multiple ICE officer‑involved shootings have occurred since 2024 across several U.S. cities rather than a single isolated incident, with federal records and news outlets documenting a cluster of use‑of‑force events investigated internally and by outside authorities [1] [2]. The most visible and contested of these incidents culminated in the Jan. 7, 2026 fatal shooting in Minneapolis — an event that outlets and officials tie to a pattern of shootings and heightened federal enforcement beginning in 2024 [3] [4].
1. The broader pattern: internal investigations and aggregated counts
ICE’s own annual reporting and contemporary coverage indicate that the agency’s firearms and use‑of‑force committee investigated multiple incidents: three officer‑involved firearm incidents in the 12 months through September 2024, and five incidents in the prior year, signaling an uptick in use‑of‑force reviews as enforcement surges resumed [1].
2. Known incidents cited in news reporting since 2024 (geographic snapshots)
Contemporary news coverage and compilations identify several officer‑involved shootings tied to ICE or ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents in different jurisdictions — for example, a November car‑chase in Washington, D.C., where an HSI agent fired during a pursuit and no one was struck, and an incident late on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles in which an off‑duty ICE agent allegedly shot and killed an armed man outside his apartment complex, both events reported in national outlets [2] [5]. Reporting has also repeatedly noted dozens of other episodes “in a handful of states” since 2024, though media outlets vary on which incidents are labeled ICE versus other federal agencies [3] [2].
3. Minneapolis — the flashpoint that crystallized scrutiny
The fatal shooting in south Minneapolis — a woman shot in her vehicle by an ICE officer during a large federal enforcement operation — became the most prominent recent case, with DHS calling it defensive action and local leaders, witnesses and activists directly disputing that account; federal and state authorities opened investigations after video and witness accounts circulated [6] [1] [7]. Media reports and local officials described the Twin Cities deployment as part of a broader “Operation Metro Surge” involving thousands of federal officers, and many outlets placed the Minneapolis killing as at least the fifth death linked to immigration crackdowns since 2024 [8] [3].
4. Conflicting narratives and the limits of available lists
Federal officials framed many of these events as defensive responses to threats, while city and state leaders, community witnesses and protesters contested those claims and demanded transparency — a dynamic visible in Minneapolis where the mayor and governor publicly rejected DHS’s self‑defense framing [6] [7]. Newsweek and other outlets have compiled “full lists” of ICE shootings since the current administration took office, but these lists vary in scope and sometimes conflate ICE, HSI and other federal law‑enforcement actions; comprehensive, authoritative public inventories covering all of 2024 are not present in the supplied reporting [2].
5. What reporting does not (yet) resolve and why it matters
Available sources demonstrate multiple officer‑involved firearm incidents tied to ICE activity since 2024 and name specific episodes (D.C.; Los Angeles; the Minneapolis fatality), but they do not collectively produce a definitive, publicly vetted catalog of every 2024 ICE‑involved shooting with standardized details on location, date and investigative outcomes — a gap that leaves open questions about scale, patterns and accountability pending completed federal or local investigations [1] [2] [5].