Officer who fatally shot Minneapolis man during protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials say

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: WTOP Washington D.C./AP

January 24, 2026, 2:28 PM

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officer who fatally shot Minneapolis man during protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials say.

Read more: https://wtop.com/national/2026/01/officer-who-fatally-shot-minneapolis-man-during-protest-is-an-8-year-border-patrol-veteran-federal-officials-say/

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AP blasted out their headline on their wire. So no article yet. They have it in their "Live Updates".

[Klarkashton]

1. And murderer.

[BeyondGeography]

2. And Jonathon Ross was a firearms instructor

These people don’t need more training. They need prison cells.

[RockRaven]

4. They tout the experience of these killers as if the experience means they acted correctly

when in reality the duration of experience provides a contrariwise message -- that despite much training and experience these people kill anyway, because they are just fucking psychos.

[LymphocyteLover]

29. exactly

[PufPuf23]

30. The duration of experience is prime evidence of a sick, criminal culture that includes poor training and

hires as design features.

The murderers should be in custody awaiting arraignment now.

Instead ICE and Trump supporters go to the media to lie and cover up.

[HighFired49]

31. and STUPID, too!

Who in their right mind with any kind of training would fire into a group of their co-nazis wrestling around on the ground, who are holding the target person????

[RockRaven]

3. Note: that means he joined up during Dotard 1.0

Try to imagine -- and I know this will be very, very difficult -- what quality of people that shithole agency was hiring during Dotard 1.0...

[LiberalArkie]

13. I know some customs people that bailed out in his first term as they were hearing things that they did not like.

[WSHazel]

5. Doubt it

The murder happened a few hours ago. They don't know. They are giving the kill to the most senior person on the scene. It could have been anyone who was there.

[flamingdem]

6. What do you mean by most senior person?

Is this some kind of law enforcement / military concept?

[WSHazel]

8. Everything is a lie with them

Claiming an 8 year old Border Patrol officer did it sounds better for ICE than saying it was a recent recruit. They lied. They will continue to lie.

[flamingdem]

9. l see. But they do know his name

and there's video.

Whether we can find out their background is another thing.

[TBF]

25. Exactly - it's not like anyone can dispute it. And they lie all the time. nt

[underpants]

7. Telling video

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=3VBm1LJ8j8qLp6JTs_8J2A

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Who fucking cares?

I know everything that I want to know about him already.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Does that mean they know only one of them opened fire?

It sounds very rapid for shots from one handgun.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Bellingcat, expert video analysers, say 2 guns were fired repeatedly

Two different agents are visibly firing their guns, with at least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground. The current videos of the shooting only show these two agents with guns drawn.

Two different agents are visibly firing their guns, with at least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground. The current videos of the shooting only show these two agents with guns drawn.

— Bellingcat (@bellingcat.com) 2026-01-24T19:00:20.668Z

[crimycarny]

14. That first shot makes me wonder

It almost sounds like one of the agents accidentally shot his gun, maybe while taking it out, as there is a hesitation and then rapid shots in succession. Just weird the hesitation between the first shot and all the rest. The subsequent shots seems almost like a reaction to that first shot. These agents so untrained it wouldn’t surprise me if one shot off his gun by accident.

I’m glad the state police chief refused to back off when federal agents told them to. Balistics should show if the bullets fired were all from agents guns, not the victims who was already held helpless to the ground.

[Wuddles440]

16. They may have 'accidentally' discharged...

the victims gun when they were removing it.

[catchnrelease]

21. It wasn't the victim's gun

I watched a video being discussed on The Bulwark and they pointed out that in a video posted by Bellingcat, an agent leans down, pulls out the gun and walks away with it. He was several feet away with his back turned to the 'scrum' that was beating/wrestling the victim. The gun never went off. The victim was disarmed before he was shot. It would be interesting to know where that gun ended up.


Edited later in the day: I've since seen a video from a different angle, of the agent that took the gun. As he walked away with the gun pointing at the ground it looks like the gun ***MIGHT*** have gone off. I honestly don't think so, but now I'm not sure as I was earlier. I'll be interested to see if there is more info as to whether or not that happened.

[RedArkGuy]

24. The shooters need to be in state police custody

For paraffin tests on their hands and for immediate interrogation.

[orangecrush]

17. I read that he was pistol whipping the victim

And gun accidentally went off.

Then he shot the victim and was joined by others.

[crimycarny]

20. Geezus

There needs to be a State investigation of this. I read that they aren't being allowed to investigate. Initially, the State Police Chief refused to leave, but an update by ABC news said they were forced to.

Ballistics would show the truth, but we'll never see that truth if the Feds are investigating themselves.

[Randomthought]

15. Border is 305 miles

And over 5hours drive time away. 200miles out of his jurisdiction

[oberle]

18. I wish street justice

would take care of these murderers.

[travelingthrulife]

19. Nope. He is just a murderer.

[KPN]

22. What -- so that makes him qualified to shoot and kill a person?

[Bayard]

23. I'm going to be real curious about these autopsy results

Showing that he was beaten, then shot by several different guns.

[Klarkashton]

26. Bovino made this claim hours ago.

As if 8 years makes any difference. We will ever know how many border crosses were murdered by that bastard.anyhow.

This was put out there to counter the fact that those shits are out there unvetted and have no training.

[UpInArms]

27. Then, he should have known better

Prison is too good for him

[Clouds Passing]

28. So the reich is having bp do their heinousness

[lonely bird]

32. I don't give a fuck what he was

What he is, is a murderer.