Minneapolis ICE shooting updates: Protests remain peaceful despite arrests: Officials

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a warning to those protesting in Minneapolis -- don't cross a "red line" by committing violence.

"Peacefully protesting is a sacred American right protected by the First Amendment. Obstructing, impeding, or attacking federal law enforcement is a federal crime. So is damaging federal property," she wrote on X. "If you cross that red line, you will be arrested and prosecuted. Do not test our resolve."

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday commended protesters for demonstrating peacefully during a vigil for the shooting victim last night.

"What we saw was a beautiful vigil to a life that we're starting to learn more about," he said.

The agent involved in the deadly shooting is a member of ICE's Special Response Team (SRT), according to a law enforcement official, and is based in Minneapolis.

The agent has 10 years of experience, according to a source.

The SRT is deployed for high-profile situations and in tactical situations. They are highly trained, according to current and former officials.

-ABC News' Luke Barr

During his press briefing, Gov. Tim Walz called on the Trump administration to "leave Minnesota alone" in the wake of the deadly ICE shooting.

To President Donald Trump, he said he would ask him to "deescalate in the moment," allow Minnesotans to grieve and "allow this investigation to be played out by the rule of law."

He said he believes the nation may be looking to Minnesota to "hold the line on democracy, to hold the line on decency, to hold the line on accountability."

"Minnesotans, again, don't give them the unrest that they want. Don't give in to allowing them to bring more folks in here. Don't allow them to expand this somewhere else," Walz said in closing. "Rise up. Wrap your arms around your neighbors. Peacefully express your First Amendment, your constitutional rights, and let's start healing."

Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson said it would be "extremely difficult, if not impossible" to file state charges in the deadly shooting without cooperation from the FBI, which state officials said is now solely leading the investigation into the incident.

"They do have all the evidence in the original investigative notes and reports. We have none of that. They have shared none of that with us," Jacobson said during Thursday's press briefing. "We would welcome the opportunity to jump back in to do that investigation, use our high-quality investigators from the [state's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension] to be able to do that with them, to find the answers that the public deserves."

Without that information, "we would be at a loss to be able to initiate and conduct a thorough investigation," he said.

Jacobson said he did not want to jump to any conclusions on fault in the shooting.

"What I will say, though, is that unless we do that thorough investigation, unless we have access to all of that evidence, unless we have access to the agents that were involved in that, to any witnesses, without any of that, we would not be able to put together a quality investigation for any prosecutor to be able to make a determination as to whether or not someone should be charged with a crime," he said.