Incident details
- Date of incident
- January 14, 2026
- Location
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Targets
- Whitney Wild (CNN)
- Assailant
- Law enforcement
- Was the journalist targeted?
- Unknown
Assault
CNN correspondent Whitney Wild reports from a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, just after being hit with a crowd-control munition on Jan. 14, 2026.
CNN correspondent Whitney Wild was struck by a crowd-control munition fired by federal officers while covering a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 14, 2026.
Wild and her crew were covering demonstrations that broke out after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man during a traffic stop, the second shooting by ICE in a week in the city.
Wild reported that a crowd of demonstrators gathered after the shooting, protesting ICE’s presence in Minneapolis. In response, she said, ICE officers fired multiple tear gas canisters to push back the crowd. “At one point, it became so chaotic that one bounced off my foot and bounced off my side.”
Wild also said that she and her crew were hit with flash bangs and tear gas, and that she and her producer got separated from her photographer at one point because it was so foggy from the chemical irritants, as shown in another CNN video.
CNN and ICE did not respond to requests for comment.
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