India, Jan. 24 -- A man was fatally shot by US federal immigration agents on Saturday in Minneapolis amid an ongoing immigration enforcement operation that has already sparked widespread protests.

The shooting occurred near 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in south Minneapolis, where authorities said the man was confronted by Border Patrol.

Video circulating online appears to show agents wrestling with the man before a series of shots are fired.

Another clip shows agents approaching and then pushing the individual in the lead-up to the encounter.

The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed with a handgun and two magazines and that officers attempted to disarm him. According to DHS, he "violently resisted," prompting an a...