India, Jan. 11 -- Thousands of people marched through Minneapolis on Saturday to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer and the shooting of two protesters in Portland, Oregon, as Minnesota leaders urged demonstrators to remain peaceful amid rising tensions.

The Minneapolis rally was one of hundreds of protests planned across towns and cities nationwide over the weekend.

The city has been on edge since Wednesday's killing of 37-year-old Renee Good, who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in a residential neighborhood.

While Saturday's march drew thousands and remained largely peaceful, violence erupted during a protest late Friday night outside a Minneapolis hotel, where about...