MN - Alex Pretti dead after Minneapolis shooting involving immigration agents, US media report, January 24, 2026

[JennieM]

Witness describes moments before shooting
Louis Krauss

Willow Lamar, a manager at Glam Doll Donuts, said they saw the shooting as it happened from inside the store this morning and filmed the video that has circulated widely online.

Before the shooting, Lamar said, agents were chasing someone who they let into the store.

The store had been keeping the door locked that day, and when agents approached the doughnut shop, they did not present a warrant, Lamar said, so they refused them entry.

After that the agents went back to their vehicles, and more federal officer cars showed up, Lamar said.

Some observers later showed up, including Pretti, before the fighting began and Pretti was killed.

Lamar described the entire altercation as “agents acting recklessly, assaulting people who are just there to observe.” Lamar said it did not appear Alex Pretti was ever holding a gun.

Live: Minnesota reels after latest fatal shooting by federal agents

Protesters gathered at a park near where a man was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday. Federal officials say the man was armed.

www.startribune.com

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015224006266212714

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:

"We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

 

[Snoopster]

The video shows what looks like an execution by a group of ICE agents.

My opinion.

I agree with your opinion. The man could not possibly have been a threat, lying on the ground, being held down by multiple agents. What could have possibly justified 10 or more shots into his body? I'm at a loss. And then for the feds to post an image of a gun on a car seat....so what? How is this relevant?

Again all of this is my opinion only.

 

[zleuther]

I see no clear evidence of what went down...It's my opinion powerful emotion drives perception in these matters and that is simply not helpful to determining truth.

DHS pre-judgement and (2} Active Cover Ups...
ARE NOT HELPFUL TO DETERMINING TRUTH

 

[Vaderman]

DHS officer appears to CLAP as Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed

Videos on social media appear to show a federal agent clapping as another officer firing around nine shots into Alex Pretti, an anti-ICE protestor in Minneapolis.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A new video circulating on social media appears to show an officer with the Department of Homeland Security clapping as protestor Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed on Saturday in Minneapolis.

They know what they're doing. JMO.

 

[Inthedetails]

why out of all these people is it AP who gets killed? Is it random who ICE kills? why didn't they just handcuff him?

I think the killings have less to do with the victims and more to do with the people killing them. Undisciplined? Untrained? Unfit?

jmopinion

 

[Snoopster]

I believe that Alex Pretti was a victim. And I believe the Federal authorities are killing their own citizens. My opinion is based on watching the videos. AP posed no physical threat. AP tried to help a peaceful protester as they were attacked by ICE agents. And then Alex Pretti was shot multiple times in an overkill situation where he was already 'contained'. We've all seen the videos. This is the evidence that I am basing my opinion on.

 

[Inthedetails]

DHS officer appears to CLAP as Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed

Videos on social media appear to show a federal agent clapping as another officer firing around nine shots into Alex Pretti, an anti-ICE protestor in Minneapolis.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A new video circulating on social media appears to show an officer with the Department of Homeland Security clapping as protestor Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed on Saturday in Minneapolis.

They know what they're doing. JMO.

I don't know tactics, I admit, but I'm thinking that might be a signal, not a clap. Could it be a way to tell the other officers - okay, this is over, back off?

I can't quite accept it's applause (even after hearing officers say, "F****** B****" and "boo hoo" after the killings).

jmopinion

 

[303gmf]

I think the killings have less to do with the victims and more to do with the people killing them. Undisciplined? Untrained? Unfit?

jmopinion

The background of those who would hunt humans as a career?
Much worse
Moo

 

[Inthedetails]

Wow, even the NYPost agrees the shooting began after an officer took Alex' gun.

The hoard of federal officers pulled him away from the woman and brought him to the ground, where Pretti struggled on his hands and knees for several seconds before an agent wearing a gray jacket appeared to seize his gun — and the fatal shots rang out moments later.

Chilling new video reveals new angle of fed shooting armed anti-ICE protester in Minneapolis

“Someone call the ambulance! Somebody call 9-1-1! I can’t believe they just did that!”

nypost.com

 

[303gmf]

A for him has reached 138,000 as of an hour ago

 

[303gmf]

A for him has reached 138,000 as of an hour ago

No idea the fundraiser name came out that way!

 

[Summerliz03]

WOW, color me shocked. The NRA has made a public statement about the shooting and defending Alex’s 2nd amendment rights, and called out the tweet from the States Attorney.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015227627464728661

 

[acutename]

READ IT: Bondi sends letter to Gov Walz warning ...​

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https://www.yahoo.com › news › articles › read-bondi-s...




5 hours ago — Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Minnesota leaders in a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of refusing to enforce immigration law and warns federal ...

 

[Inthedetails]

dbm unapproved source

 

[acutename]

WOW, color me shocked. The NRA has made a public statement about the shooting and defending Alex’s 2nd amendment rights, and called out the tweet from the States Attorney.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015227627464728661

a hornet's nest....

 

[JennieM]

18m ago

Testimony from two witnesses to killing of Alex Pretti filed in federal court in ACLU suit against Noem​

Robert Mackey

The testimonies of two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti were just filed in federal court in Minnesota, as part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city.

One witness is a woman who filmed the clearest video of his shooting; the other is a physician who lives nearby and said they were initially prevented by federal officers from rendering medical aid to the gunshot victim.

The names of both witnesses were redacted in the publicly available filings.

In her testimony, woman who filmed the shooting from just behind Pretti identified herself as “a children’s entertainer who specializes in face painting.” She testified that she came to the scene on her way to work because “I’ve been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors.”

She described the harrowing scene of Pretti being tackled by federal officers after coming to the aid of another observer they had shoved to the ground and said that she saw no sign of him holding a gun at any point:

The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn’t see him touch any of them-he wasn’t even turned toward them. It didn’t look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn’t see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times… I don’t know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him…

I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.

I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don’t know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they’re not telling the truth about what happened.

The second witness, a 29-year-old physician, said in their testimony that they saw the shooting from their apartment window near the scene. Then when they attempted to render medical aid, they were initially prevented from doing so. “At first the ICE agents wouldn’t let me through,” they said. “But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, and I could tell that the victim was in critical condition. I insisted that the ICE agents let me assess him.”

When the physician finally convinced the agents to let them through, they said that they were confused as to why the victim was on his side but instead of checking his pulse or performing CPR the officers “appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”

Minneapolis shooting latest: Alex Pretti’s parents say ‘please get the truth out’ after son fatally shot by federal agents

Minnesota governor decries ‘federal occupation’ after another deadly shooting less than three weeks after ICE officer killed Renee Good in city

www.theguardian.com

 

[K9Enzo]

IMO This is not live action role playing. Calling your self a legal observer does not cloak you from the law. A legal observer is not a protected status. Again, dangerous obstruction of a legal, federal operation. Unlawful assembly. These are not the Robin Hood’s of our society. Yet, this behavior will continue to be encouraged by some officials, giving the dangerous and false impression that you will successfully stop federal operations. IMO

 

[osu]

Video from a bystander shows emergency responders arriving to the scene of the shooting in Minneapolis and performing CPR on the man fatally shot by federal agents.

 

[zleuther]

there is an issue now whether DHS believes it is legal for protesters to carry firearms. no allowable MSM source right now... First Amendment or Second Amendment.

I was curious and asked AI. Not banned in MN.

Some states that ban at/during demonstrations. Signs. Lotsa people. A recognition that if there are counter protesters, they have just as much a right to free speech. Where I come from you'd be crazy to have any sort of weapon for a gathering. It'd be like thinking weapons belong at the football game and stuff. Please, no.