West St. Paul police arrest man who admitted to pulling gun on ICE agents

The Brief

  • A man was arrested by West St. Paul police officers after he allegedly threatened ICE agents with a gun.
  • Federal agents called police and reported the man “just pulled a gun on homeland security.”
  • Court documents show the man admitted to taking his gun out, saying he would have shot the ICE agent who was pointing a gun at him.

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) A man is accused of following ICE agents and threatening them with a gun in West St. Paul.

ICE agents threatened

Suspect arrested:

The West St. Paul Police Department said its officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Charlton Street on Monday, Dec. 22, after ICE agents reported a man in a Chevy pickup truck “just pulled a gun on homeland security.”

A criminal complaint filed in Dakota County Court said responding officers found the suspect, Thomas Edwin Edwards, 63, of West St. Paul, standing on the sidewalk in front of his driveway, yelling at ICE agents.

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