A 37-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday morning in Minneapolis -- the second shooting of a U.S. citizen this month by federal agents in the city.
The shooting of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, ratcheted up tensions, as protesters clashed in the streets with law enforcement in the aftermath of the shooting.
The incident followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, on Jan. 7.
A third person was arrested in the case of the disruption of church services in St. Paul, according to the Justice Department.
"William Kelly is being charged with conspiracy to deprive rights, a federal crime, for his involvement in the St. Paul church riots," Secretary Kristi Noem posted on X alongside a photo of him.
He, along with two others, were charged with disrupting church services in St. Paul over objections that of the leaders was a local ICE leader.
-ABC News' Luke Barr and Olivia Rubin
Jan 22, 2026, 3:03 PM EST
DHS releasing 'inaccurate and misleading' information on people with ICE detainers in custody, Minnesota official says
The Department of Homeland Security is releasing "inaccurate and misleading" information with regards to the number of people with ICE detainers in county and state prisons, Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell said Thursday.
"This is no longer a simple misunderstanding. At best, DHS fundamentally misunderstands Minnesota's correctional system. At a minimum, this reflects systemic data management inadequacies or incompetence as it relates to DHS tracking of detainers in custody. At worst, it is pure propaganda; numbers released without evidence to stoke fear rather than inform the public," Schnell said.
Federal agents hold a person down as they are surrounded by tear gas used to deter protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 21, 2026.
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Schnell said that there are 94 people with ICE detainers in county jails in the state. There are 207 people with detainers in state prisons, for a total of 301 people.
"The DHS has repeatedly claimed that there are more than 1,360 individuals with ICE detainers in Minnesota custody. Despite requests, DHS has provided no data, no data source, no tracking methodology, no jurisdictional breakdown, and no time frame explaining how their numbers were produced," Schnell said.
"We need to align facts and the operational realities before we can solve whatever problem they think exists. This should not be controversial," Schnell said.
Jan 22, 2026, 10:43 AM EST
2nd arrest made following protest at church
A second arrest related to the church incident has been made, according to FBI Director Kash Patel.
"Chauntyll Louisa Allen is now in custody, also on an alleged violation of the FACE Act - after targeting Cities Church in Minneapolis last weekend," Patel said in a post on X.
--ABC News' Luke Barr
Jan 22, 2026, 10:36 AM EST
Civil rights attorney, activist arrested in Minnesota after church protest
FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested civil rights attorney and activist Nekima Levy Armstrong, "who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X Thursday.
"Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP," Bondi added.
Armstrong told ABC News that she, along with others, organized a protest at a Twin Cities Southern Baptist church on Sunday to call attention to one of its pastors, David Easterwood, whose role as a local acting ICE field office director in St. Paul, Minnesota, they condemn.
Nekima Levy Armstrong holds up her fist after speaking at an anti-ICE rally for Martin Luther King Jr., Jan. 19, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn.
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President Donald Trump criticized the church protest and launched an investigation into it, calling it a "church raid" led by "agitators and insurrectionists."
Armstrong pushed back on Trump's comments and said she was ready to have a dialogue with Easterwood or other church leadership after interrupting the service.
