What official body‑camera or DHS video releases exist for the Jan. 24 Minneapolis federal shooting, and where can they be viewed?
Executive summary
Multiple news organizations have published cellphone and on‑scene video showing the Jan. 24 Minneapolis encounter in which federal agents shot a person, and those clips are available on the outlets’ websites and video players (Fox9, Forbes, NBC, USA Today) [1] [2] [3] [4]. As of the reporting captured here, there is no clear contemporaneous release of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or formally identified federal body‑worn camera footage for the Jan. 24 incident that has been posted publicly by DHS; local officials say federal authorities have not shared details or evidence with the city, and major outlets report video circulating but attribute it to scene/cellphone sources and media uploads rather than an official DHS body‑camera release [5] [2] [3] [6].
1. What footage news outlets are publishing and where it can be viewed
Local and national outlets posted video clips of the Jan. 24 shooting and its aftermath: FOX 9 published scene video showing the aftermath on its website and video player [1], Forbes published reporting that included video described as showing federal agents wrestling a man to the ground before shots rang out [2] [7], NBC News posted short video segments and a clips page of footage that “appears to show” the shooting [3] [6], and USA Today assembled a picture gallery and reporting tied to on‑the‑ground video and photos [4]; those media pages are where the publicly circulating footage has been made viewable to readers so far [1] [2] [3] [4].
2. What DHS or federal body‑camera releases exist (officially) — short answer
The reporting collected here does not document an official DHS upload or statement releasing body‑worn camera footage from the Jan. 24 event to the public; outlets emphasize video “from the scene” and cellphone clips rather than a named DHS body‑cam file, and Minneapolis officials say federal authorities have not provided details or evidence to the city about the incident [1] [2] [5]. Previous incidents in the same month did include a federal agent’s camera footage released or circulated by media (the Jan. 7 case), but DHS had not publicly clarified body‑cam policies or identified which officers wore cameras in these operations in those earlier reports, underscoring a pattern of limited federal disclosure in related cases [8] [9].
3. How outlets describe the provenance of the footage and the limits of what is public
News accounts consistently describe the Jan. 24 clips as cellphone or scene video captured by bystanders or journalists, and those outlets are the distributors of that material to the public [2] [3] [1]. Several outlets also note federal statements about a targeted operation and that federal officials provided limited on‑the‑record details [10] [2], while city and state officials are publicly demanding more transparency and access to evidence — a dispute that reporters flag as a reason an official federal body‑camera release has not been documented in the coverage assembled here [11] [5].
4. What to watch next and how to access any future official releases
If DHS or the specific federal component involved decides to release body‑worn camera footage or an official DHS video, the most likely places to find it will be DHS’s official press page and social channels, the agency’s Public Affairs releases, and subsequent embedded clips on major mainstream outlets that cover federal law enforcement in real time (CNN, NYT, NBC, Fox) — those outlets already host the circulating non‑DHS footage and have live‑update pages that would embed an official file if released [12] [11] [3]. For now, the only publicly viewable recordings tied to Jan. 24 are the media‑posted scene and cellphone videos cited above [1] [2] [3] [4], and the absence of a documented DHS body‑cam release in the sources here leaves a clear gap that city officials and state leaders are publicly demanding be filled [5] [11].