<p class="speakable">Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday said the state's <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/military/national-guard" rel="noopener" target="_blank">National Guard</a> was prepared to deploy if necessary following the fatal shooting of a woman during a federal immigration enforcement operation, saying "we've never been at war with our federal government."</p><p class="speakable">During a news conference, Walz said that he issued a warning order to the Guard, meaning an initial step to increase preparations should troops be needed amid heightened tensions after Wednesday's shooting. </p><p>"We are preparing the National Guard," he said. "They are prepared to be deployed if necessary."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ilhan-omar-claims-ice-pulled-son-racial-profiling-sweep-trumps-crackdown-minnesota" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>ILHAN OMAR CLAIMS ICE PULLED OVER HER SON DURING ‘RACIAL PROFILING’ SWEEP AMID TRUMP’S CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA</u></strong></a></p><p>The mood in Minneapolis became tense after an unidentified 37-year-old woman was shot while in her vehicle. </p><p>Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were conducting an enforcement action when their vehicle got stuck in the snow.</p><p>As they were attempting to push the vehicle, she said a woman "<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/state-and-local/issues" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u>attacked them and those surrounding them</u></a>" and "attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle."</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/noem-condemns-alleged-attack-ice-agents-stuck-snow-minneapolis-act-domestic-terrorism" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>NOEM CONDEMNS ALLEGED ATTACK ON ICE AGENTS STUCK IN SNOW IN MINNEAPOLIS AS 'ACT OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM'</u></strong></a></p><p>A federal law enforcement officer fired and shot the woman, who crashed into a nearby parked vehicle. </p><p>She was pronounced dead at the scene. DHS told Fox News that the ICE agent who fired shots <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/minneapolis-st-paul" rel="noopener" target="_blank">in Minneapolis</a> on Wednesday had previously been injured in a prior altercation.</p><p>DHS officials said that while working in the city last June, the agent had been dragged by a car in a separate incident.</p><p><a href="https://foxnews.onelink.me/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP</u></strong></a></p><p>Walz noted that the National Guard were residents of the state and not being bused in from elsewhere.</p><p>"Minnesota will not allow our community to be used as a prop in a national political fight," he said. "We will not take the bait."</p>