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Minnesota officials, led by Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, filed a civil lawsuit against the Trump administration over deaths tied to shootings, alleging federal actions contributed to the fatalities and seeking accountability and remedies for those affected.
A Florida woman, Ivanna Ortiz, fired an AR-15 style weapon at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home from inside her car on March 8. No injuries were reported; a bullet penetrated a wall. Ortiz is in custody with a $10.2 million bail. LAPD recovered an assault rifle and seven shell casings; motive is unknown, though Ortiz had recently posted about Rihanna and has a history of prior arrests in Florida.
Prosecutors say a man killed three Utah women—two during a hike and one in a home cellar—for money and cars, with shell casings and a Buick found at the scene tying the slayings together.
Authorities are investigating whether the U.S. attack on Iran influenced Ndiaga Diagne’s shooting at a popular Austin bar, which killed two people and wounded 14. The FBI and Austin Police Department say they are examining potential motives, with sources noting Diagne wore a shirt associated with Iran as investigators review the incident.
An 87-year-old resident of a Maryland assisted-living facility was shot and killed by a 22-year-old staff member who later fired two shots at a state trooper during a traffic stop; authorities charged the staffer with murder in Montgomery County.
An armed man identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin breached the inner perimeter of Mar-a-Lago early Sunday and was fatally shot by Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy. He carried a shotgun and a fuel can, nobody else was injured, and Trump was not at the estate. The FBI is leading the investigation and reviewing surveillance footage.
Former Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison for fatally shooting Sonya Massey in her Illinois home while responding to a 911 call about a prowler outside, in the July 2024 incident that drew national attention to police use of force.
Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have warned the U.S. Attorney they are deeply frustrated with the Justice Department’s response to the fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by immigration officers, suggesting they could resign en masse and jeopardize the office’s ability to handle its caseload.
U.S. Border Patrol shot Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, after he fired at agents during a foot chase near the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona; he was an escapee serving a 36-month sentence for human smuggling, and the FBI is assisting the Pima County sheriff in the investigation.
Minneapolis has become a focal point of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, with roughly 3,000 federal agents from ICE and CBP deployed in what one official called the largest operation in history, thousands of arrests, and days of protests, as two separate fatal shootings by federal agents — involving Renee Good and Alex Pretti — amplify tensions and prompt investigations, resignations, and political backlash over enforcement tactics.
Washington Post visual-forensics analysis of multiple angles shows eight federal agents wrestled Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; one later surfaced with Pretti’s gun, and seconds after, shots were fired, with unclear whether other officers realized the weapon had been disarmed.
A U.S. Border Patrol officer fatally shot a 37-year-old Minneapolis man during a Saturday immigration operation; authorities say the man approached agents with a handgun, and the shooting sparked protests and clashes with federal and local law enforcement as Minnesota activated the National Guard and officials called for accountability and de-escalation. Video documentation and ongoing investigations by state and federal authorities are intensifying scrutiny of DHS’s crackdown amid the unrest.
Five people—three from Indiana and two from Kentucky—were arrested in a coordinated multistate investigation tied to the shooting of Tippecanoe County Judge Steven P. Meyer and his wife at their home, described by police as a lengthy operation with hundreds of investigative hours.
An independent autopsy commissioned by Renée Good’s family found she sustained gunshot wounds to her left arm, right breast and head during an encounter with an ICE officer in Minneapolis, adding new detail to the case surrounding her death.
An Indiana judge, Steven P. Meyer of Tippecanoe County Superior Court, and his wife were shot at their Lafayette home; both are in stable condition and authorities say the shooter remains at large.