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Federal immigration officers shot and killed a man Saturday in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O鈥橦ara said a 37-year-old man was killed but declined to identify him. He added that information about what led up to the shooting was limited.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that federal officers were conducting an operation as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and fired 鈥渄efensive shots鈥� after a man with a handgun approached them and 鈥渧iolently resisted鈥� when officers tried to disarm him. Mr. O'Hara said police believe the man was a 鈥渓awful gun owner with a permit to carry.鈥�

The police chief appealed for calm, both from the public and from federal law enforcement.

鈥淥ur demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city to do so with the same discipline, humanity and integrity that effective law enforcement in this country demands,鈥� the chief said. 鈥淲e urge everyone to remain peaceful. We recognize that there is a lot of anger and a lot of questions around what has happened, but we need people to remain peaceful."

The shooting happened amid widespread daily protests in the Twin Cities since the Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle. Saturday's shooting unfolded just over a mile away from where Ms. Good was shot.

After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them 鈥渃owards鈥� and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: 鈥淏oo hoo.鈥� Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car. Protesters dragged garbage dumpsters from alleyways to block the streets, and people who gathered chanted, 鈥淚CE out now,鈥� referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e killing my neighbors!鈥� said Minneapolis resident Josh Koskie.

Federal officers wielded batons and deployed flash bangs on the crowd.

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz said in a social media post he had been in contact with the White House after the shooting. He urged President Donald Trump to end what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest-ever immigration enforcement operation.

鈥淧ull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now,鈥� Mr. Walz said in a post on X.

The shooting happened a day after thousands of demonstrators protesting the crackdown on immigrants crowded the city鈥檚 streets in frigid weather, calling for federal law enforcement to leave.

This story was reported by The Associated Press. Ms.聽Santana reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Giovanna Dell'Orto and Sarah Raza in Minnesota, Jim Mustian in New York, and Michael Catalini in New Jersey also contributed.