MINNEAPOLIS — Disputes between Minnesota officials and the Trump administration intensified Thursday over who would investigate the killing of a woman by a federal agent in southern Minneapolis, after the state withdrew because federal officials had denied it access to evidence.

The death of Renee Nicole Good, 37, prompted furious demonstrations, and protesters were met with tear gas at a federal building Thursday morning. Documents obtained by The New York Times suggested that at least 100 more federal agents were being deployed to Minnesota.

Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said Thursday that the Trump administration would use any chaos as an opportunity to “occupy Minneapolis in some form.”

Officials have described the killing of Good in starkly different terms. She was killed Wednesday during a protest on a residential street as federal agents ordered her to move her vehicle.

Administration officials, including President Donald Trump, defended the shooting as lawful, saying that the agent who fired was acting in self-defense. City and state officials described those accounts as “propaganda” and “garbage.”

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A video analysis shows that the woman’s vehicle appeared to be turning away from the officer as he opened fire.

State officials initially said they would investigate the killing. But Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said Thursday that the agency had withdrawn because it had been denied access to evidence.

Gov. Tim Walz said at a news conference Thursday that “Minnesota must be part of this investigation.”

At a news conference in New York City on Thursday, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said that Minnesota and Minneapolis officials had failed to maintain order.

“They have not been cut out,” Noem told a reporter who had asked about state investigators. “They don’t have any jurisdiction in this investigation.”

Cindy Burnham, a spokesperson for the FBI office in the Minneapolis area, declined to comment.

At a White House press briefing, Vice President JD Vance doubled down on claims about the shooting, calling news reporters “agents of propaganda of a radical fringe” for reports indicating that Good never put the ICE agent in danger before she was shot.

And on social media, Attorney General Pam Bondi warned protesters in Minnesota not to cross a “red line” into obstructing, impeding or attacking federal law enforcement.

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This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Mitch Smith and Jacey Fortin/David Guttenfelder
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