Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara has said the city authorities know the identity of the man killed by federal officers this morning, but the name is not being released at this time.

He described the person shot dead as a white man, a resident of the city and a US citizen. O’Hara said the victim was 37 years old. Wire services had previously said the man was 51.

O’Hara said that the federal authorities have not provided any details about today’s incident to the police department and city authorities.

The Minneapolis police chief, Brian O’Hara, said it was his understanding that multiple federal officers were involved in the incident this morning where a man was shot dead by government personnel.

O’Hara said that the Minnesota authorities have put national guard troops on stand-by.

The scene where the shooting took place this morning in the south of the city appears to be calming down somewhat at this moment.

The situation earlier was very chaotic, with the federal agents and officers firing teargas at the protesters gathered where a man was shot dead by federal officers today.

Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, has posted on X saying: “I told the White House the state must lead the investigation” into the fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis this morning.

“Let state investigators secure justice. As we process the scene, stay peaceful and give them space. The state has the personnel to keep people safe – federal agents must not obstruct our ability to do so,” he said.

Local and federal authorities have been sharply at odds over the escalated immigration enforcement efforts taking place in the city over the last few weeks, with Minneapolis and Minnesota leaders furious about the unilateral dispatch of aggressive federal agents to the city by the White House and the Department of Homeland Security.

Man shot dead was 37-year-old US citizen, Minneapolis police chief says

Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara has said the city authorities know the identity of the man killed by federal officers this morning, but the name is not being released at this time.

He described the person shot dead as a white man, a resident of the city and a US citizen. O’Hara said the victim was 37 years old. Wire services had previously said the man was 51.

O’Hara said that the federal authorities have not provided any details about today’s incident to the police department and city authorities. (The Guardian UK)

•Agents at the scene of a shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, today. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters