Tensions continued over the weekend in Minneapolis, as protesters clashed in the streets with law enforcement, following the second shooting there in about a week involving a federal officer.
The Department of Homeland Security said that on Wednesday, a federal law enforcement officer shot a person, who they say had fled a traffic stop and then, along with two other people, began attacking the officer.
That incident followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, on Jan. 7. DHS officials said Good was allegedly attempting to run over law enforcement officers when an ICE officer fatally shot her -- a claim that local officials have disputed.
Tear gas was deployed by federal agents at protesters outside the Whipple Building in Minneapolis as protests continue.
The federal building serves as the base for ICE operations.
Several protesters were seen coughing and stumbling as they ran away from the gas.
Two children, including one who was 6-months-old, were hospitalized last night after federal agents deployed tear gas during Wednesday night's protests, according to the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety.
The infant was inside a vehicle that was hit by tear gas and began to experience "breathing difficulties," according to the agency.
"The family moved the infant into a nearby home. Reports also stated that the baby had stopped breathing," the agency said in a statement.
"Firefighters and Minneapolis Police officers worked through the crowds in the area to reach the home. Once on scene, they assessed the infant and confirmed that the infant was breathing and stable, but serious condition," the Minneapolis Office of Community Safety added.
The infant and another child, whose age was not released, were transported to a hospital for further evaluation. Details about their conditions weren't immediately available.
The Department of Homeland Security released details of the alleged assault by a reported undocumented man that led to a federal agent opening fire Wednesday night.
Agents stopped a car in Minneapolis for Julio Cesar Sosa-Ceils, who DHS alleges was undocumented, according to a press release. Sosa-Ceils allegedly fled the scene in his vehicle, crashed into a parked car and fled on foot, according to DHS.
The suspect allegedly began to resist arrest and "violently assault an officer" when two other people "came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle," according to DHS.
Sosa-Celis allegedly "got loose and began striking the officer with a shovel or broom stick," and the officer shot the suspect in the leg, according to DHS. Sosa Celis and the other two suspects, who were not identified but alleged to be undocumented," were arrested, according to DHS.
