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

[SouthAussie]

Here you go.

WORTH WATCHING.

Summary: the Feds kept Minnesota BCA, the entity that investigates such incidents, from the scene. So the BCA got a warrant from a judge to access the scene and were once again denied access by the Feds.

Shooting and killing an American citizen, not complying with a judge's warrant, president defending the brutality ... what's next? The FBI refusing to investigate because it is a "clear case of self-defense"? (as declared in the Renee Good matter)

imo

 

[zleuther]

IMO the DHS who is seen on video wailing on the victim, is pistol whipping him. There's a possibility he was using the victim's pistol fwiw.

Also when DHS seemed to approach and shove him, the victim in my opinion was holding a phone in one hand and nothing in the other hand.

Another of my opinions based on a map of the crime scene, is that DHS was there for breakfast and then perhaps to detain the restaurant workers after the check arrived, but instead my opinion is they were probably denied service and asked to leave hungry.

When I review the DHS account of today, I'm reminded of the initial DHS account of the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago. In that Nov 2025 incident, the prosecutor and judge subsequently determined that the initial DHS account was unsupported by the facts.

All my opinion. ETA Nov 2025 incident below...

LINK

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/us/marimar-martinez-shooting-case-what-we-know

PROOF

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71561860/united-states-v-martinez/

 

[PawneeDew]

It was reported that several witnesses to the murder were taken to a detention center.

I really just wanted to bring that out...Thanks

 

[iamshadow21]

Has the administration started smearing the victim and his family yet? I'm still getting caught up.

Noem presser soon, so, any minute now.

Soccer mums and ICU nurses. They say, look for the helpers. Good and Pretti were the helpers. ICE and Border Patrol seem to think they're the threat that warrants lethal force.

MOO

 

[Inthedetails]

Thank goodness for CAMERAS and the people who press record.

jmopinion

 

[SouthAussie]

Two agents shooting, not one .... according to Bellingcat (a group of researchers and journalists who conduct open-source investigations).


“Two different agents are visibly firing their guns, with at least 10 shots being heard in total. Most of them are fired after a brief delay, when the man is already lying motionless on the ground,”

US federal agents shoot and kill another person in Minneapolis

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says a 37-year-old man died in hospital after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Inthedetails]

Shooting and killing an American citizen, not complying with a judge's warrant, president defending the brutality ... what's next? The FBI refusing to investigate because it is a "clear case of self-defense"? (as declared in the Renee Good matter)

imo

Keep in mind, there is no statute of limitations on murder.

jmopinion

 

[JennieM]

Alex even has his arm held up in surrender before they push him down and kill him. This seems like the brutal murder of an innocent man. I am not seeing that “defensive action” of any kind was needed by the ICE agents (“Bovino said that officers tried to disarm the man but he ended up shot dead, in a defensive action.”)

New angles emerge of fatal Minneapolis shooting

As the man struggled with the border agents, he was sprayed in the eyes and fell to the ground.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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

 

[CrimeDawg123]

[mod snip post removed]

Stephen Miller: “domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate federal law enforcement"
Greg Bovino: “This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino defends fatal shooting of man in Minneapolis

Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino spoke to reporters on Saturday after federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Inthedetails]

And it looked like he was trying to help those other people there

That's exactly what it looks like. I think the other two people were women and it looks like Alex was trying to help them, and in the process was sprayed in the face (like point blank in the face) by an agent. Then the agents took Alex to the ground and piled on him.

jmo

 

[PawneeDew]

I Just clicked on that and the article is not all there...

 

[muck]

Apologies if behind a paywall. Was gifted to me by someone who has a subscription. From NYTimes:

The same agent who approached with empty hands pulls a gun from among the group that appears to match the profile of a firearm DHS said belonged to Mr. Pretti.

The agents appear to have him under their control, with his arms pinned near his head.

As the gun emerges from the melee, another agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range. He then appears to continue firing at Mr. Pretti, who collapses.

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

 

[moonglow123]

The sequence of events shown by the videos: ICE agents violently shove a woman to the ground, Alex attempts to help her up, they pepper spray him in the face at least twice, then about eight of the agents tackle him, remove his gun (that he does not have out or pointed at them and was carrying legally), AND THEN they shoot him to death as he’s already disarmed and on the ground.

Killing an ICU nurse for no reason. When will it end. </3

 

[MrsWatson]

Stephen Miller: “domestic terrorist who tried to assassinate federal law enforcement"
Greg Bovino: “This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement"

Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino defends fatal shooting of man in Minneapolis

Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino spoke to reporters on Saturday after federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis.

www.cbsnews.com

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

George Orwell, 1984.

 

[Oakland CA]

Here you go.

WORTH WATCHING.

Summary: the Feds kept Minnesota BCA, the entity that investigates such incidents, from the scene. So the BCA got a warrant from a judge to access the scene and were once again denied access by the Feds.

Thanks for posting. Absolutely a great watch.

I can't believe these state investigators were denied access to the scene even after a judge signed a warrant permitting said access.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

See the thread
A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired.

https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com%2Fpost%2F3md6vleoxks2t

 

[JennieM]

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

George Orwell, 1984.

 

[SouthAussie]

Apologies if behind a paywall. Was gifted to me by someone who has a subscription. From NYTimes:

The same agent who approached with empty hands pulls a gun from among the group that appears to match the profile of a firearm DHS said belonged to Mr. Pretti.

The agents appear to have him under their control, with his arms pinned near his head.

As the gun emerges from the melee, another agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range. He then appears to continue firing at Mr. Pretti, who collapses.

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

That is a very clear and close video, in your link (which we can see due to it being gifted).

No denying what my eyes see happening there. The killing of a citizen who was trying to help someone up who was pushed down by an agent.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

That is a very clear and close video, in your link (which we can see due to it being gifted).

No denying what my eyes see happening there. The killing of a citizen who was trying to help someone up who was pushed down by an agent.

That's what I see clearly

 

[Inthedetails]

Mayor of Minneapolis is giving a presser now.