Barricades block access to the 3300 block of Portland in south Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 7.
Ben Hovland | MPR News
Protests are planned Thursday around the Twin Cities in response to an ICE agent killing a woman in Minneapolis Wednesday. Gov. Tim Walz is expected to speak late this morning on the state of the case.
Here’s the latest on what’s happening Thursday.
10:20 a.m. | State investigators say they are off the case, FBI solely in charge
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says it’s no longer part of the investigation into the killing of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.
Authorities on Wednesday said the BCA would be working jointly with the FBI on the investigation. BCA agents went to the scene Wednesday believing they’d play a role.
But in a statement Thursday, the BCA said the FBI reversed course and that the federal agency would be the sole investigative unit.
That meant the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation, the state agency said.
“Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,” the BCA added.
8:45 a.m. | Whipple Building protest
A couple hundred people gathered at the Whipple Building to protest ICE, which has been using the federal building as a base for their operations. People marched through the parking lot and stopped at the gated-off parking area at the building.
Whipple Building protest
Protesters marched to the Whipple Federal Building, which is being used as a base for immigration enforcement agents.
Cait Kelley | MPR News
Cait Kelley | MPR News
Protesters marched to the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, which is being used as a base for immigration enforcement agents, on Thursday, Jan. 8.
Cait Kelley | MPR News
Cait Kelley | MPR News
Protesters marched to the Whipple Federal Building, which is being used as a base for immigration enforcement agents.
Cait Kelley | MPR NewsNext Slide
People started gathering in the street and standing in front of the driveways to block the areas where federal agents would drive in and out.
Federal agents are trying to push the protest line back, deploying chemical irritants.
—Estelle Timar-Wilcox, MPR News
8:25 a.m. | Portland Avenue
Community members are gathering on a closed-off block of Portland Avenue. Barricades are blocking access to the 3300 block of Portland Avenue.
Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday morning, near the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue South.
—Ben Hovland, MPR News
Cait Kelley | MPR NewsNext Slide
People started gathering in the street and standing in front of the driveways to block the areas where federal agents would drive in and out.
Federal agents are trying to push the protest line back, deploying chemical irritants.
—Estelle Timar-Wilcox, MPR News
8:25 a.m. | Portland Avenue
Community members are gathering on a closed-off block of Portland Avenue. Barricades are blocking access to the 3300 block of Portland Avenue.
Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday morning, near the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue South.
—Ben Hovland, MPR News
Barricades block 34th Street in south Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, the day after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer on the 3300 block of Portland.
Ben Hovland | MPR News
Ben Hovland | MPR News
Barricades block Portland Avenue in south Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, the day after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer on the 3300 block of Portland.
Ben Hovland | MPR News
Ben Hovland | MPR News
A print out of a poem allegedly written by Renee Good is displayed at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the site where she was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
Ben Hovland | MPR News
7:30 a.m. | Planned protests
People are marching Thursday morning to the Whipple Federal Building, which is being used as a base for immigration enforcement agents.
Ben Hovland | MPR News
7:30 a.m. | Planned protests
People are marching Thursday morning to the Whipple Federal Building, which is being used as a base for immigration enforcement agents.
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There will also be a gathering at noon at the site of the fatal shooting near the corner of 34th Street and Portland Avenue South. Minneapolis clergy and faith leaders plan to call for the immediate removal of ICE in Minnesota at that press conference.
Another gathering of local activists is planned Thursday afternoon at the Hennepin County Government Center. Speakers at that event plan to call for the arrest of the ICE agent who shot Renee Good, the release of all video and body-worn camera footage and accountability from federal authorities.
Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. there is also a planned anti-ICE protest near Lake Street and Chicago Avenue.
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