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

[Inthedetails]

Did anyone see Pretti approach officers brandishing a 9mm gun? Seriously asking.

No.

 

[Summerliz03]

Did anyone see Pretti approach officers brandishing a 9mm gun? Seriously asking.

No

 

[SouthAussie]

The family first learned of the shooting when they were called by an Associated Press reporter.
They watched the video and said the man killed appeared to be their son. They then tried reaching out to officials in Minnesota.

“I can’t get any information from anybody,” Michael Pretti said Saturday. “The police, they said call Border Patrol, Border Patrol’s closed, the hospitals won’t answer any questions.”

Eventually, the family called the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, who they said confirmed had a body matching the name and description of their son.

As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.

The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.

apnews.com

 

[Summerliz03]

Did anyone see Pretti approach officers brandishing a 9mm gun? Seriously asking.

And this isn’t what you asked, but after watching 2 different videos from different angles (the first one that came out from across the street and the other one that was taken from the lady in the pink coat), I never even see Alex approach the officers at all. He was simply trying to help the 2 ladies that had gotten pushed down and pepper sprayed. He was helping them up and then got pepper sprayed himself. He had been there taking videos on what looked to be a camera (not a phone) but I never saw him even go up to the officers at any point. They rushed at him as he was helping the women up.

 

[JennieM]

And this isn’t what you asked, but after watching 2 different videos from different angles (the first one that came out from across the street and the other one that was taken from the lady in the pink coat), I never even see Alex approach the officers at all. He was simply trying to help the 2 ladies that had gotten pushed down and pepper sprayed. He was helping them up and then got pepper sprayed himself. He had been there taking videos on what looked to be a camera (not a phone) but I never saw him even go up to the officers at any point. They rushed at him as he was helping the women up.

They attacked him. Not the other way round.

If anyone had to self-defend, that’d be Alex.

 

[Inthedetails]

The family first learned of the shooting when they were called by an Associated Press reporter.
They watched the video and said the man killed appeared to be their son. They then tried reaching out to officials in Minnesota.

“I can’t get any information from anybody,” Michael Pretti said Saturday. “The police, they said call Border Patrol, Border Patrol’s closed, the hospitals won’t answer any questions.”

Eventually, the family called the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, who they said confirmed had a body matching the name and description of their son.

As of Saturday evening, the family said they had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.

The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says

Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S.

apnews.com

Salt in the wound. So sorry to hear it happened like this.

jmo

 

[LAborn]

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.

It's hard to believe for people like us, who respect the law, but not for the current administration. I can't even count how often they break the law.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Gift NYT article

NYT analysis confirms one officer took Pretti’s gun before the others shot him to death with at least 10 shots

Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos of Shooting Appear to Contradict Federal Officials

An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.

www.nytimes.com

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.

www.nytimes.com

 

[JennieM]

1m ago

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a Minneapolis native, responds to shooting: "ICE > MN"​

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responded to a federal immigration enforcement officer shooting of Alex Pretti Saturday afternoon by saying, "Thank God for the patriots of @ICEgov — we have your back 100%. You are SAVING the country."

Hegseth, who was born in Minneapolis, added, "Shame on the leadership of Minnesota — and the lunatics in the street" before concluding: "ICE > MN."

Thank God for the patriots of @ICEgov — we have your back 100%. You are SAVING the country.

Shame on the leadership of Minnesota — and the lunatics in the street.

ICE > MN

— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) January 24, 2026

By Eric Henderson

Bovino, some Border Patrol agents to leave Minneapolis soon, sources tell CBS News

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, two sources familiar with the move told CBS News Monday.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[SouthAussie]

Salt in the wound. So sorry to hear it happened like this.

jmo

I hope Alex's parents didn't listen to Noem's "alternate story" (imo) about what happened, when it is video-clear that Alex had his back to the agents and was helping someone up when the agents attacked him.

 

[Rolypolyoly]

Trump accuses local officials of inciting 'insurrection'​

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS

We've just heard from President Donald Trump, who accuses the mayor of Minneapolis and the governor of Minnesota of fomenting an "insurrection".

In a social media post, Trump shared an image of the pistol that federal officials say the suspect had.

"Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers? The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves — Not an easy thing to do!," he writes.

Without citing evidence, Trump accuses local officials of a "cover up" to hide theft and fraud.

He adds: "The mayor and governor are inciting insurection, with their pompous, dangerous and arrogant rhetoric... LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB!"

Trump has repeatedly threatened to invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act to quell unrest over federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.

There are no public events on Trump's schedule today, but he is due to hold a closed-door screening of a documentary about his wife Melania this evening.

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

Thats beyond rich

 

[Inthedetails]

Gift NYT article

NYT analysis confirms one officer took Pretti’s gun before the others shot him to death with at least 10 shots

Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos of Shooting Appear to Contradict Federal Officials

An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.

www.nytimes.com

Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis

Federal authorities said the slain man, Alex Pretti, had approached agents with a gun. But videos show Mr. Pretti was holding his phone, not a weapon, when they pulled him to the ground.

www.nytimes.com

Shove protesters, spray a man in the face, pin him to the ground under a pile of agents, take his gun away from the scene, shoot him multiple times while he's on the ground, call him a terrorist.

Is that the protocol they were trained to follow?

 

[Deleted member 372069]

I know the victim was a VA nurse, but I'm wondering if he was a veteran, himself. That might explain why he was carrying a firearm.

 

[branmuffin]

1m ago

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a Minneapolis native, responds to shooting: "ICE > MN"​

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth responded to a federal immigration enforcement officer shooting of Alex Pretti Saturday afternoon by saying, "Thank God for the patriots of @ICEgov — we have your back 100%. You are SAVING the country."

Hegseth, who was born in Minneapolis, added, "Shame on the leadership of Minnesota — and the lunatics in the street" before concluding: "ICE > MN."



By Eric Henderson

Bovino, some Border Patrol agents to leave Minneapolis soon, sources tell CBS News

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, two sources familiar with the move told CBS News Monday.

www.cbsnews.com

No one is surprised by his response.

 

[Inthedetails]

I hope Alex's parents didn't listen to Noem's "alternate story" (imo) about what happened, when it is video-clear that Alex had his back to the agents and was helping someone up when the agents attacked him.

He was helping people, just like a nurse would do without hesitation.

jmopinion

 

[Ruminations]

ICE needs to be abolished IMMEDIATELY.

Usually I am about incremental, sustainable change, not wholesale abolition or impulsive changes.

But this is an emergency. There are fatalities. And, frankly, ICE itself grew in a rapid, unsustainable way, causing it to predictably be unable to do its stated job: enforce immigration law.

Shooting citizens to death is a horrific mission creep.

MOO

 

[iamshadow21]

He was helping people, just like a nurse would do without hesitation.

jmopinion

Exactly. He was one of the helpers, and they killed him for it. Not for an act of aggression, but for coming to the aid of a woman who'd been harmed by a bully with a gun and a sense of entitlement.

All he was doing was trying to help a woman back to her feet.

MOO

 

[Ceedee]

We can all see with our eyes that what Noem is saying is not true

IMO this man’s murder is horrifying to watch, but the shameless lying and gaslighting about him being a domestic terrorist assassin gunman who was trying to inflict maximum damage as he menacingly approached the police when we can all see that didn’t happen is making this especially nauseating and chilling.

 

[JaxFlaGal]

I know the victim was a VA nurse, but I'm wondering if he was a veteran, himself. That might explain why he was carrying a firearm.

The Military Times article, pulling from the Associated Press, is in the Veterans section of their news, but doesn't indicate that he was a veteran. He is probably there because of his service to the VA hospital. He was a Boy Scout and sang in a boy's choir in school.

His ex-wife said that "Pretti got a permit to carry a concealed firearm about three years ago and that he owned at least one semiautomatic handgun when they separated."

His neighbors "knew he had guns — he’d occasionally take a rifle to shoot at a gun range — but were surprised at the idea that he might carry a pistol on the streets."

The article also notes that he lived about 2 miles away from the location where he was shot and killed.

Man killed by US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was VA nurse

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs, his family said.

www.militarytimes.com

 

[Ruminations]

Federal agent shot and killed armed man, Homeland Security tells BBC​

Sakshi Venkatraman
US reporter

The US Department of Homeland Security has confirmed to the BBC that a federal officer shot and killed a man in Minneapolis at 09:05 local time (15:05GMT) this morning.

Spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin says Border Patrol officers were carrying out a "targeted operation" on an "illegal alien wanted for violent assault" when someone approached with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.

"The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted," McLaughlin says.

"Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene."

McLaughlin adds the suspect had two magazines and no identification, and that protestors arrived on the scene afterwards "to obstruct and assault law enforcement".

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

This article is completely mixing up the victim and the suspect(s).

They keep calling the shooting victim the suspect, but that is not appropriate when we are investigating a fatal shooting. The victim was lawfully walking in public.

People are also allowed to approach their public servants. Since when is approaching a border patrol agent illegal? Especially one so far from a border. (Edited to add: it turned out to be untrue-contrary to the video evidence that the victim approached the shooter. The victim approached and assisted an assault victim and then was himself killed.)

The suspect or suspects is the person or persons who killed the victim.

Maybe investigation will show that it was somehow a justifiable shooting, although, so far, it looks unlikely. But what will not change is the victim is dead. And the suspect(s) killed him.


MOO