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

[CrimeDawg123]

Peaceful protest of thousands of Minnesotans on Friday with the message to ICE, "Get out." The following morning ICE agents shot a resident.

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“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE

Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

inthesetimes.com

-10F

Do you know how cold that is?

 

[CrimeDawg123]

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

Please explain what law the victim violated

 

[Inthedetails]

Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus made a statement that includes:

We do not yet have an independent account of what initiated the encounter or what triggered the use of deadly force. Despite widespread speculation regarding intent, there has been no evidence produced indicating an intent to harm the officers. We are calling for a full and transparent investigation by both state and federal authorities.

Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms—including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising their First Amendment rights. These rights do not disappear when someone is lawfully armed, and they must be respected and protected at all times.

Press Release: MN Gun Owners Caucus responds to the shooting death of Alex Pretti

Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms—including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising their First Amendment rights.

gunowners.mn

 

[CrimeDawg123]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015158725791613045

 

[Inthedetails]

The American Nurses Association has issued a statement that includes:

ANA condemns violence in our communities. The seriousness of this incident and others demand transparency and accountability. ANA calls for a full, unencumbered investigation, and urges that findings be shared promptly and clearly so Alex’s loved ones and the public have answers.

answers.https://www.nursingworld.org/news/news-releases/2025/statement-from-the-american-nurses-association-regarding-the-death-of-registered-nurse-alex-pretti/

 

[Charlot123]

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

Let us decide what we are watching, is it still a “legal, federal operation” or has it morphed into “see what happens when poorly, trained, masked agents, stuck in cold, get angry because people on the streets of Minneapolis prevent them for being rewarded for more arrests”?

Protected status or not may be irrelevant as the observers operate within the borders of Minnesota. It falls under the state’s jurisdiction. On the constitutional level, protests fall under the First Amendment.
Likewise, legally obtained gun is Second Amendment in action.

Two US citizens killed by ICE in Minneapolis!

 

[Inthedetails]

About this source: Government Executive is government's business news daily and the premier digital destination for senior leaders in the federal government's departments and agencies.

Article posted today includes:

Trump administration officials accused Pretti of approaching Border Patrol agents with a weapon and resisting efforts to disarm him. They said, without evidence, that Pretti was looking to “massacre law enforcement.”...

The Trump administration was quick to denounce Pretti despite his work for the administration and with veterans, with Homeland Security Department Secretary Kristi Noem quickly labeling him a domestic terrorist. VA did not respond to a request for comment. Records indicate Pretti worked for VA since at least 2016. ...

The shooting could have further implications for federal employees: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in response to the shooting that his party would not agree to a six-bill funding package next week if it contains DHS appropriations.

Man fatally shot by Border Patrol agents was a federal employee at VA

The intensive care unit nurse was 37. His death could have widespread implications for federal operations.

www.govexec.com

 

[Snoopster]

I see no clear evidence of what went down in the tussell. There is no charge of murder so that terminology in my opinion is inappropriate.

It's my opinion powerful emotion drives perception in these matters and that is simply not helpful to determining truth.

Do you mean that we should reject evidence we see with our own eyes?
And what is your definition of murder? I believe that it is killing a person who is no threat to you. Ten shots?? Seriously? Just my opinion and observations.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Do you mean that we should reject evidence we see with our own eyes?
And what is your definition of murder? I believe that it is killing a person who is no threat to you. Ten shots?? Seriously? Just my opinion and observations.

Ten shots in the back, no less

 

[Charlot123]

We all need to remember what John Lewis had to say about getting into 'good trouble'.

Staying silent and submissive changes nothing. Standing firm is important. Calling out injustice is important. And documenting violence is so important when the government spin is so obviously lies when compared to the evidence.

MOO

I was thinking yesterday how hard it was, to protest under freezing rain and in such cold. And woke up to these news...

 

[Inthedetails]

Seeing these officials lie so brazenly is very chilling, isn't it? It's a power play. They now everyone knows they are lying but they prove that it doesn't matter, that they own the truth. Scary times.

It's chilling that the fed officials lied today, and it's just as chilling that there are people in the public who defend the lies.

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

I was thinking yesterday how hard it was, to protest under freezing rain and in such cold. And woke up to these news...

Hundreds of protestors gathered in sub-zero wind chills in Chicago and a nearby suburb for protests Saturday afternoon after a man was shot and killed by federal officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier that morning.

Chicagoans protest against deadly Minneapolis ICE operations in sub-zero cold

Protestors gathered in sub-zero wind chills in Chicago and Oak Park for protests Saturday after a man was killed by federal officer in Minneapolis.

www.nbcchicago.com

 

[Charlot123]

-10F

Do you know how cold that is?

For promptness, I just subtract 30 (instead of 32), divide by 2 (instead of multiplying by 5/9) and subtract one. I got - 21 C. IRL, it is - 23 C but my very fast approximation usually works.

What matters more is: wind, no wind, or the humidity of the air.

 

[Inthedetails]

Regarding rendering aid:


A doctor who lives near the scene where Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday described in a sworn court filing how agents initially hesitated and asked for proof of a medical license when the doctor tried to approach and render aid....

The doctor said they were initially turned down, but eventually allowed to go to the person after being patted down.

“Normally, I would not have been so persistent,” the doctor said in their statement, “but as a physician, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since none of the agents were helping him.”...

Shortly after he started C.P.R., emergency medical personnel arrived and took over, the doctor said.

Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun

Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting. The man, an I.C.U. nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Minneapolis Live Updates: Man Killed by Federal Agents Was Holding a Phone, Not a Gun

Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict federal accounts of the shooting. The man, an I.C.U. nurse, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said.

www.nytimes.com

Same link^^

Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles said the city had filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit calling for a halt to the Trump administration’s deployment of federal agents in Minneapolis and St. Paul. “This violence has to stop and the President must remove these armed, federal forces from Minneapolis and other American cities,” she said in a statement.

 

[JennieM]

Defense Secretary shares advice on 'how to avoid ICE'
​

Pete Hegseth has posted a graphic on X of an ICE officer and a series of instructions for "how to avoid ICE". They are listed as "don't be here illegally", "don't attack ICE officers", and "obey federal and state laws".

He also linked back to another post earlier in the night in which he wrotethat the "patriots" of ICE are "saving the country", saying "we have your back 100%."

"Shame on the leadership of Minnesota - and the lunatics in the street", he wrote.

Minneapolis live: Protesters gather in Minneapolis as governor calls on Trump to remove agents after shooting

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

Witness did not see Pretti holding gun - advocacy group​

In a reported affidavit, an unnamed eyewitness who recorded video of the shooting says she did not see Alex Pretti with a gun in the moments before he was shot by federal agents.

The document, which has the woman's name redacted out, was posted on X by a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, external, a migrant advocacy group.

She states that she got involved as an observer after hearing whistles alerting people to the presence of ICE agents on an avenue near her home.

A man directing traffic, whom she later identifies as Pretti, helped her find a parking space. He then filmed an ICE agent with his phone as the agent threatened other observers with pepper spray.

An ICE agent, she says, then pushed a woman to the ground and released pepper spray.

Pretti, according to her account, tried to help the woman to her feet despite being sprayed himself and was grabbed by other ICE agents.

He did not appear to resist, she says, adding: "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."

Minneapolis live: Protesters gather in Minneapolis as governor calls on Trump to remove agents after shooting

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

Lawsuit filed to prevent destruction of evidence​

Authorities in Minnesota have filed a lawsuit against federal agencies to prevent the destruction of evidence concerning the shooting of Alex Pretti.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension jointly filed the lawsuit as well as a motion for a temporary restraining order in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota.

They were filed against the Department of Homeland Security; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Customs and Border Patrol; the US Border Control; and "their respective leadership". US Attorney General Pam Bondi is also named as a defendant.

"Evidence covered by today’s filings includes evidence the defendants, and those acting at their direction and under their authority, took from the scene of the shooting, preventing state authorities from inspecting it," the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

“Federal agents are not above the law and Alex Pretti is certainly not beneath it,” said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Minneapolis live: Protesters gather in Minneapolis as governor calls on Trump to remove agents after shooting

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[JennieM]

2m ago
A man who says that Alex Pretti worked at the veterans hospital that treated his late father has voiced words of support for him.

“He read my dad’s final salut at the VA after he passed away,” the man said in an Instagram post.

Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents early Saturday, was an intensive care unit nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

The man, identified as Mac Randolph on Instagram, said he “never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point” and posted a video of Pretti’s remarks to his late father.

“Also my Fathers final words to me was continue to fight the good fight. He would be honored in Alex’ sacrifice, and ashamed of this current administration,” the man said. In my Dads words I encourage you all to continue to ‘fight the good fight.’”

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

 

[Inthedetails]

Defense Secretary shares advice on 'how to avoid ICE'​

​

Pete Hegseth has posted a graphic on X of an ICE officer and a series of instructions for "how to avoid ICE". They are listed as "don't be here illegally", "don't attack ICE officers", and "obey federal and state laws".

He also linked back to another post earlier in the night in which he wrotethat the "patriots" of ICE are "saving the country", saying "we have your back 100%."

"Shame on the leadership of Minnesota - and the lunatics in the street", he wrote.

Minneapolis live: Protesters gather in Minneapolis as governor calls on Trump to remove agents after shooting

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

How not to kill someone: Don't shoot them. Again and again.

jmo