In Minneapolis, a volatile situation unfolded overnight as authorities arrested multiple individuals following confrontations between agitators and federal agents at a hotel. The tensions arose after a U.S. citizen was tragically shot by Border Patrol agents over the weekend. To disperse the crowd, agents resorted to using tear gas and flashbangs.

The scene turned tense as Border Patrol agents were observed aiming rifles at both the demonstrators and members of the press gathered near the hotel’s entrance. Protesters suspected that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were staying at the location, escalating the situation.

Video footage captured the chaotic moments, with many protesters blowing whistles and clanging bells. Those at the forefront of the gathering attempted to push through the hotel’s front entrance, further heightening the standoff.

During the upheaval, anti-ICE demonstrators made determined efforts to breach the hotel premises in Minneapolis.

In the midst of the disorder, an agent voiced a query to the assembled reporters, asking, “Where is the local PD?” highlighting the absence of local law enforcement at the scene.

Agents eventually pushed the crowd back and threatened to detain agitators and journalists, with video appearing to show one agent shoving a member of the press to the ground.

Some agitators used a shovel to remove the placard from the hotel and others threw snowballs as security worked to barricade the entrance to the building.

The group eventually stopped trying to reach the inside, but remained at the entrance as officers held the doors shut.

Multiple people were arrested in Minneapolis overnight as agitators arrived at a hotel and clashed with federal agents. (AP)

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said arrests were made because the demonstration was “not peaceful.”

“The Minnesota State Patrol and DNR were called to assist Minneapolis police with damage to hotel property at Home2 Suites Hotel on University Avenue,” the agency wrote on X.

“While they collaboratively worked to encircle the group for arrests because the demonstration was not peaceful, federal agents arrived without communication and deployed chemical irritants, clearing the group. The State Patrol and DNR are no longer on scene,” it added.

Anti-ICE agitators were seen attempting to enter a Minneapolis hotel where they suspected ICE agents were staying. (FNTV)

The confrontation follows the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old American citizen, who was killed Saturday by Border Patrol agents while recording federal immigration operations in Minneapolis.

Pretti, an ICU nurse, appeared to be attempting to assist a woman agents had knocked down when he was sprayed with an irritant, pushed to the ground and beaten, according to video and witness accounts. An agent was later seen pulling Pretti’s lawfully owned firearm from his waistband before other agents fired several shots, killing him.

The shooting follows recent unrest over the ICE-involved killing of Renee Nicole Good in the same city earlier this month.