Stunning Footage: Minneapolis Rioters Break Into Federal Agent’s Vehicle, Steal Weapon and Ammunition

Conservative News DailyJanuary 15, 2026

Rioters in Minneapolis where recorded breaking into a federal law enforcement vehicle, removing a tactical bag that reportedly contained a rifle and ammunition, and fleeing in a getaway car filmed by self-reliant journalist Nick Sortor. Sortor followed teh suspect, posted video and images to social media, and saeid he forwarded the information to the FBI. Officers in riot gear later arrived and the crowd dispersed. Protesters also vandalized federal vehicles with anti-ICE slogans after the Department of Homeland Security said an ICE officer shot an individual in self-defense following an ambush and attack with a shovel. ICE condemned the destruction of federal property as not part of peaceful protests. in response to the unrest, President Donald Trump warned he would invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy federal forces if Minnesota officials did not curb the violence; the Act permits using U.S. military and federalizing the National Guard to enforce federal law.

Video footage from Minneapolis taken Wednesday night showed rioters breaking into what was reportedly a federal law enforcement vehicle and pulling a rifle and ammunition out of its trunk.

Independent journalist Nick Sortor posted video of the incident on social media, writing, “Minneapolis rioters successfully BROKE OPEN a weapons locker in a federal vehicle and STOLE A RIFLE and ammunition before fleeing. I captured the thief’s face and license plate on the getaway vehicle.”

One of the rioters grabbed what appeared to be a tactical bag for a rifle, while a woman could be heard saying, “There’s some bullets.”

WARNING: The following social media posts contain images and language that some may find offensive.

🚨 BREAKING: Minneapolis rioters successfully BROKE OPEN a weapons locker in a federal vehicle and STOLE A RIFLE and ammunition before fleeing

I captured the thief’s face and license plate on the getaway vehicle.

PLEASE and HELP IDENTIFY this POS.

I have forwarded this… pic.twitter.com/7rwfIsN7v6

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 15, 2026

Sortor followed after the rioter who took the tactical bag, which presumably had a rifle inside it, and captured on video the car in which the man left the scene.

The journalist posted on X, “I have forwarded this to the top levels of the FBI.”

Later, rioters ran away as law enforcement officers dressed in riot gear arrived at the location.

The New York Post reported that rioters vandalized federal vehicles after the Department of Homeland Security said that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer had shot an illegal immigrant whom he was seeking to apprehend.

The agent shot in self-defense after the immigrant and two others ambushed him and began beating him with a shovel, according to DHS.

Photos showed one vehicle covered in red spray paint in the middle of the debris-filled block — complete with the messages “F*** ICE” and “Only good agent is a dead one,” according to the Post.

ICE wrote on social media, “Peaceful protests do not result in the destruction of federal vehicles and theft of federal property.”

Peaceful protests do not result in the destruction of federal vehicles and theft of federal property. https://t.co/VBZAqFhlgy

— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) January 15, 2026

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will invoke the Insurrection Act if Minnesota officials do not step up to address the violence.

Donald J. Trump Post 08:04 AM EST 01.15.26 pic.twitter.com/pyRvyYtwQR

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 15, 2026

The president posted on , “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE, who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.”

The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the president to deploy the U.S. military, including federalizing the local state National Guard, to suppress a rebellion and enforce federal law.