Jan 24, 2026
A 37-year-old U.S. citizen was fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis on Saturday morning amid heightened tensions between the area's immigrant community and immigration enforcement agents, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said.The man was identified as Alex Pretti, a local nurse who was on hand to film and protest federal agents' presence in the Twin Cities. He was holding a cellphone, apparently filming law enforcement activity, nearly one mile away from where Renee Good was shot by an immigration enforcement agent earlier this month.Video footage showed multiple agents wrestling Pretti to the ground before shooting him. Officers are then seen backing away from the man after firing at least one shot. The Department of Homeland Security said the man approached agents with a firearm with two magazines."Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene," DHS said. "About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement."The agency said agents were approaching a man wanted for violent assault when an armed person approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a handgun. DHS said officers attempted to disarm him, and the man resisted.During a Saturday news conference, Border Patrol official Greg Bovino said the man killed wanted to do "massive damage and massacre law enforcement." Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave a similar statement later Saturday."When you perpetuate violence against a government because of ideological reasons and for reasons to resist and perpetuate violence, that is the definition of domestic terrorism," she said. "This individual, who came with weapons and ammunition to stop a law enforcement operation of federal law enforcement officers, committed an act of domestic terrorism. That's the facts."O'Hara said the man shot by agents had no prior criminal history outside of traffic violations. He added that the man was licensed to possess a firearm.Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reacted to videos widely circulating on social media. Those videos did not show Pretti holding a weapon before getting tackled by agents."I just saw a video of more than six masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death," he said. "How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?" Gov. Tim Walz, who has opposed ICEs presence in Minnesota, condemned the shooting. The incident occurred one day after Vice President JD Vance visited the Twin Cities to express support for ICEs activities.I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The president must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota, Walz wrote.Walz said Saturday afternoon that federal officials could not be trusted to lead the investigation and called on federal officials to cooperate with a state investigation. Walz also activated the Minnesota National Guard to respond to community unrest.In the moments after the shooting, a large police presence was seen as protesters clashed with officers.President Donald Trump swatted away calls to end the operation in Minnesota."The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!"Saturday's incident marks the third involving a federal agent and a member of the community. Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Jan. 7 as she attempted to drive away.One week later, a Venezuelan man was shot in the leg by an immigration officer amid a car chase.Later Saturday, the NBA announced that the scheduled game between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves would be postponed due to the unrest.Editor's note: The Associated Press originally reported the victim was a 51-year-old man. ...read more read less
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