Meg Anderson
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Attorney's Office could not be reached for comment.
government saying it is now safe.
The atmosphere was tense at the intersection in South Minneapolis where ICE officers shot and killed a woman in her car.
Witnesses said it looked like she was trying to turn around.
Federal authorities said she was driving at ICE agents.
ICE officers had already dispersed by midday, but local and county police were on the scene as a large crowd gathered and chanted.
Wren Kleinfelter lives just across the street, and for hours after the shooting, the victim's SUV remained rammed against a utility pole.
We don't want like this happening in our neighborhood to our neighbors.
She says she saw the woman pulled from the vehicle.
Crime declined nearly everywhere.
In big cities and small towns, in red and blue states, murders in particular fell dramatically.
And that large decrease was preceded by a large increase.
In 2020 and 2021, homicide rates surged across the country.
Crime analysts point to the instability of the pandemic for that increase.
There were fewer police patrolling, many people lost their jobs, some government services like mental health care and community centers went away for a while.