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

[tlcya]

Here's hoping Alex had that access and used it!

I am willing to bet his video from that fateful day is sitting on his I-cloud. If it hasn't been disappeared that is.

 

[Marantz4250b]

Here's hoping Alex had that access and used it!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/QNAP-TS-264-8G-2-Bay-2-5GbE-Desktop/dp/B0BJVX5K5R/ref=asc_df_B0BJVX5K5R?mcid=946f1b1dbd853734aeae9f7f43cc75c2&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=696386561245&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10188549312263657247&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9189504&hvtargid=pla-1931541859344&hvocijid=10188549312263657247-B0BJVX5K5R-&hvexpln=0&gad_source=1&th=1

This is what I have.

It has two 14TB Seagate Iron Wolf drives in it. Every picture or video I take (or that gets sent to me) on my phone goes directly to it. I have an automatic cloud backup of the whole drive set up.

 

[Inthedetails]

ICE agents were said to have been pursuing a target before they shot Alex Pretti multiple times but the target escaped into a donut shop. IMO, the agents were mad and didn't maintain self-control after their failure to nab someone, and they took it out frustration on the public watching them. My opinion



If ICE shows up without a warrant, businesses can ask agents to leave — or potentially refuse service based on their own company policy, perhaps citing safety concerns or other disruptions caused by agents' presence. But there's no guarantee immigration officials will comply, especially in public spaces....

Some employers, particularly smaller business owners, are speaking out about ICE's impacts on their workers and customers. ...

Several worker groups have been more outspoken. Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for a chapter of the Culinary Union in Las Vegas, said members were shocked by a “widening pattern of unlawful ICE behavior” and “recognize that anti-immigrant policies hurt tourism, business, and their families.” ...

“We know that the raids are contributing to things like labor shortages and reduced foot traffic,” Hahn said...

Businesses face pressure to respond to immigration enforcement while also becoming a target of it

Businesses are coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for arrests themselves

abcnews.go.com

 

[tlcya]

DBM

 

[Summerliz03]

More Republicans speaking out against the current tactics and procedures ICE is using in Minnesota. This one from Greg Abbott really surprised me, not gonna lie.

Gov. Greg Abbott says ICE needs to ‘recalibrate’ mission after deadly Minnesota shooting

Republican governor urges rethink in Washington on immigration as Democrats blame aggressive federal raids for the unrest.

www.dallasnews.com

 

[Gators North]

Not sure if this will show up for everyone, but NYT created a moment by moment, and Morning Joe shows stills and reads along with where everyone was and what happened. It's INSANE

https://bsky.app/profile/cwebbonline.com%2Fpost%2F3mddheiqzfk26

The only “massacre” was on the part of ICE. IMOO

 

[waldojabba]

Just heard on WGN Radio in Chicago that ICE agents will be leaving Minnesota. Yeah but where will they wreak havoc next?

Edit: added CNN as source

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-shooting-ice-protests-01-26-26?post-id=cmkvm294r00003b6p11gho5vs

There MAY be retreat in Minneapolis ( we will see - this admin turns on a dime )
This whole federal boondoggle is far from over IMO
All Americans must stay vigilant for Democracy

JMO

 

[moonglow123]

Administration officials were left deeply frustrated this weekend over how Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem handled the fallout from the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, sources said. According to one official, Trump spent several hours on Sunday and Monday watching the coverage and was personally unhappy by how his administration was coming across.

Others say that Bovino, who became the face of Trump’s immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, only made matters worse by claiming Pretti intended to “massacre” federal agents. He sat for an interview with CNN and held a press conference with reporters Sunday, but neither appearance tamped down criticism of the administration’s response and contradictions, officials told CNN.

Senior officials began discussing taking Bovino out of Minnesota Sunday afternoon, according to one senior official.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/mi...ts-01-26-26?post-id=cmkvm294r00003b6p11gho5vs

Bovino will be scapegoated by the very administration who's lies he parroted so faithfully. MOO IMO

Wow. Just wow.

Certainly says something when the President himself is scrambling and embarrassed by how badly his officials have botched this incident.

The “spin” that was initially attempted regarding the incident has been a total failure. No one is buying that Alex’s death was justified.

I hope this is a moment of reckoning with the agents that killed Alex being charged, and ICE being held to much stricter standards of conduct. Violence and brutality is NOT necessary.

 

[sds71]

New: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow and return to their respective sectors, sidelining a key player in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015893333462417480

 

[seasideForest]

This is where the problem lies:

"In the hours after the shooting, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that Pretti “violently resisted” disarmament until officers fired “defensive shots.” But bystander footage reviewed by The Wall Street Journal contradicts that version of events. The footage appears to show a federal officer pulling a handgun away from Pretti. Less than a second later, an agent fires several rounds."

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-administration-is-reviewing-everything-about-minneapolis-shooting-a501f48e

Otto, you have to find out what violently resisted means in their speak. In protests in modern Germany you can get arrested and fined for 'defacing public property' or some such wording for locking yourself to some part of a government building like iron railings, in protest. Not gluing, locking. Before I knew of the definitions, I assumed protesters were resorting to graffiti, vandalism, broken windows in what had otherwise been a year-long, massive, non-violent protest in which I also was involved.

I am aware that we are not meant to go off topic, however I am citing an example that I personally know and saying: Find the equivalent in the US!! What is the lowest form of 'violently resisting' in LE-speak? Raising an arm to protect your head?? Remaining standing near BP man?? Helping a fellow protester off the ground? Even standing between fellow protester and BP man?? Or swearing??

@Otto the more you repeat LE-speak w/o knowing the definition used and interpreted by Border Patrol, the more you play into their version of events which even NRA and other institutions/groups of that nature are questioning. And the more you play into BP hands.

JMO

 

[Inthedetails]

New: Top Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow and return to their respective sectors, sidelining a key player in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015893333462417480

Noem next? This comment is about the shooting of Alex Pretti and the lies the administration told about how/why the shooting happened, justifying the killing of a resident.

CNN cited an official who said Bovino's departure was a "mutual decision." According to CNN's reporting, administration officials were "deeply frustrated" with Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's handling of the shooting's aftermath, with Bovino alleging that Pretti was planning to "massacre" federal agents.

Border chief Bovino, some agents expected to leave Minnesota by Tuesday

The reported development comes following a shift in strategy by the Trump Administration on Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

www.kare11.com

 

[sunspun]

Here's hoping Alex had that access and used it!

Would anyone other than Alex be able to access it? hope so.

 

[Inthedetails]

Noem next? This comment is about the shooting of Alex Pretti and the lies the administration told about how/why the shooting happened, justifying the killing of a resident.

CNN cited an official who said Bovino's departure was a "mutual decision." According to CNN's reporting, administration officials were "deeply frustrated" with Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's handling of the shooting's aftermath, with Bovino alleging that Pretti was planning to "massacre" federal agents.

Border chief Bovino, some agents expected to leave Minnesota by Tuesday

The reported development comes following a shift in strategy by the Trump Administration on Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

www.kare11.com

CNN reported the president was "personally unhappy" with the way his administration was being portrayed, with officials also upset over Secretary Noem's labeling of Pretti as a "domestic terrorist." At a White House briefing Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that was not President Trump's personal position.

Leavitt added that Homan will be the "main point of contact" for the operation in Minneapolis going forward.

Border chief Bovino, some agents expected to leave Minnesota by Tuesday

The reported development comes following a shift in strategy by the Trump Administration on Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

www.kare11.com

 

[Charlot123]

I was thinking of Alex’s phone. He was recording when he was shot. Where is his phone and the video?

I surely hope that the border patrol agents who killed him didn’t destroy the phone. However, if things are synchronized with the cloud, it is still possible to extract.

If it disappears altogether, it will raise more legal questions.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Not necessarily true.

My phone uploads all of my pictures, videos, downloads and voice calls to my home NAS drive. Everything is then backed-up to an off-site location.

All this is cheap to do and anyone who needs to preserve their evidence can so so at minimal cost.

Do you believe that his digital footprint can be preserved, even if ICE indicates they didnt have /or lost his phone.
And, can US administration refuse to let it be seen????

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I surely hope that the border patrol agents who killed him didn’t destroy the phone. However, if things are synchronized with the cloud, it is still possible to extract.

If it disappears altogether, it will raise more legal questions.

right. so right.

 

[Inthedetails]

I surely hope that the border patrol agents who killed him didn’t destroy the phone. However, if things are synchronized with the cloud, it is still possible to extract.

If it disappears altogether, it will raise more legal questions.

I think there is more than enough video evidence to prove UNjustified murder even without Alex' phone. The phone really isn't needed, imo.

But if it disappears, that reflects loud and clear on how the investigation was mishandled.

jmo

 

[tlcya]

A federal judge is weighing whether to extend an order blocking the Trump administration from “destroying or altering evidence” connected to Pretti’s killing and said at the close of today's hearing, "we will be getting a decision forthwith.”
[snip]
A lawyer for the Minnesota attorney general pointed to several “serious irregularities” in how federal authorities preserved evidence in the hours after the shooting, including denying local police access to the scene and releasing statements that blamed Pretti and called him a domestic terrorist. Witness video of the shooting contradicts Trump administration’s narrative.

Peter Farrell, the lawyer for the Minnesota attorney general, questioned why Trump officials posted on social media a photo of a gun that federal agents said belonged to Pretti.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “would never treat a gun like that,” Farrell said.
Judge to decide on evidence in Pretti shooting

 

[Marantz4250b]

Do you believe that his digital footprint can be preserved, even if ICE indicates they didnt have /or lost his phone.
And, can US administration refuse to let it be seen????

I have literally no idea as I have no particular experience in tech or anything.

If his data is away from his phone then it's going to be a lot more difficult to hide by the government, quite honestly.

I like protecting my data and being in control of same. The NAS drive makes it extremely easy as you can set it to grab everything from your phone in pretty much real time. That was never my intention for getting it (it was to store movies as my previous external HDDs were filling up to quickly) but it's worked out quite well. It can also handle feeds for security cameras on my house when I get round to setting them up.

If you need to protect your data the it's an awesome machine.

 

[Inthedetails]

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “would never treat a gun like that,” Farrell said.
Judge to decide on evidence in Pretti shooting

snipped

WSers pointed that out as it happened!

wtg

jmo