US EditionMultiple Outlets Say Video and Witness Accounts Contradict Trump Administration Narrative in Minnesota Shooting
Bystander videos challenge DHS claim that Alex Pretti approached agents armed; footage shows him holding a phone during a 30-second scuffle before being fatally shot.
- On Saturday morning, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Administration ICU nurse, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer during an immigration operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun and officers fired defensive shots after he violently resisted, amid a Trump administration immigration operation.
- Multiple bystander videos show Alex Jeffrey Pretti holding a phone, being pepper-sprayed and tackled, while agents disarm him moments before shots were fired Saturday morning.
- The shooting prompted large protests and renewed calls to end the federal immigration operation, while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz demanded state-led investigations as DHS leads and Minnesota National Guard secures the area.
- Senior administration officials posted a photo of the firearm, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying `He was there to perpetuate violence`, while cellphone footage raised questions and intensified debates over DHS funding.
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2 agents who shot Pretti are on leave, Trump official says | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The two federal agents who opened fire on a Veterans Affairs nurse in Minneapolis have been on leave since the shooting, an official with the Department of Homeland Security said for the first time today.
Trump Fires Back At GOP ‘Losers’ Demanding Noem’s Removal - Real News Now
President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski and Thom Tillis, calling them “losers” for joining Democrats in calling for the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The senators have criticized the administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, which recently resulted in the fatal shooting of leftist protester Alex Pretti. “Well, they’re both losers. You know, what can I tell you? They’re …
Gun rights icon Kyle Rittenhouse just called out Trump’s hypocrisy over Alex Pretti, signaling a major rift in the MAGA world
In the wake of Alex Pretti‘s fatal shooting by ICE officers in Minneapolis, Kyle Rittenhouse shared on X a post seeming to contradict one of the Trump administration’s primary justifications for the killing. Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse in Minneapolis and licensed gun owner, was shot and killed by federal law enforcement officers — including agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — during a chaotic enforcement operation on Jan.…
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