BCA: Feds have not given them name of officer that shot man following chase
Law enforcement uses flash bang before entering home in search of suspect following ICE-involved shooting (January 14, 2026)
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ST. PAUL, Min. – Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) say federal authorities are not cooperating with their investigation into a January 14, 2026 shooting involving federal officers.
Minneapolis Police Department asked the BCA to investigate. In a news release the BCA said, “BCA agents have not been permitted to speak with the federal officer involved in this incident and have not been provided with information, including the officer’s identity or whether the officer was wearing a body camera. The FBI has communicated that they do not intend to share any results of their initial investigation with BCA agents.”
The BCA requests anyone who captured video of the incident or has other firsthand information that they believe may be helpful to the investigation to send it to the BCA at bca.tips@state.mn.us.
The BCA will present its findings without recommendation to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for review.
So far in their initial investigation the BCA says:
According to the BCA’s preliminary investigation, federal officers were pursuing a vehicle when it crashed into a snowbank on the 600 block of 24th Avenue North just before 7 p.m. on Jan. 14. The adult male driving the vehicle then ran to a nearby home. The pursuing federal officer caught up to him in front of the home and an altercation took place. Another adult male from the home also became involved in the altercation. Based on the BCA’s preliminary investigative information, a broom may have been involved in the altercation. At some point, the federal officer fired his handgun, striking one of the males.
Minneapolis police officers and Hennepin County medics were called to the scene. The male who was shot, Julio Sosa-Celis, 24, sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot to the leg and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The federal officer was injured and transported to a hospital for treatment. The other male at the home was taken into custody by federal officers on the scene.
BCA crime scene personnel and agents with the BCA’s Force Investigations Unit responded to begin their investigation. FBI investigators were also on scene conducting their own investigation of the incident.
BCA crime scene personnel could not complete their work the night of this incident due to safety concerns. They recovered a plastic shovel and photographed the scene before having to end their normal processing and leave due to the dangerous activity of a crowd that had formed nearby. Following additional investigation by the BCA, it was determined that a follow-up search warrant should be executed. On Jan. 21, BCA personnel recovered a broom, a shell casing and a bullet while executing that warrant.
