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The claim

Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.

Original publisher’s rating

Pants on Fire!

Reviewed by PolitiFact ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The images are AI-altered versions of footage showing a masked ICE agent; they do not identify the shooter. The review says the man depicted is not Steven or Steve Grove, a Missouri gun-shop owner who told PolitiFact he had never been to Minnesota and was not involved in the incident.[S1]

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  1. [S1] PolitiFact original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: PolitiFact. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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