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

[JennieM]

Border Patrol Union expresses 'full confidence' in agents using 'justifiable force'​

The Border Patrol Union says it has "full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat".

In a post on social media, it says "Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties".

The statement adds that when a protester brings a weapon with them, "there are going to be severe consequences and repercussions".

Minneapolis live: Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as US citizen Alex Pretti

The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[nhmemorymaker]

It's legal with a permit to open carry in Minnesota. Just because he was carrying a gun, doesn't mean it was out and he was threatening someone with it.

MOO

Source

dbm

 

[Summerliz03]

New footage from Bring Me the News also shows the aftermath of the fatal ICE shooing in Minneapolis

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015136655468904815

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015135820311654793

I can hear at least 10 shots in this video, possibly 12 since there’s a lot at the end that kind of makes it hard to count. 10 shots directly into a man as he’s laying on the ground.

 

[Inthedetails]

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

My opinion.

 

[SouthAussie]

The statement adds that when a protester brings a weapon with them, "there are going to be severe consequences and repercussions".

Or ... "when an American citizen carries their lawful weapon on their person, they will be shot and killed."

imo

 

[PawneeDew]

New footage from Bring Me the News also shows the aftermath of the fatal ICE shooing in Minneapolis

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015136655468904815

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015135820311654793

What are they even doing in this video? Looks like they are searching him..

 

[Inthedetails]

I can hear at least 10 shots in this video, possibly 12 since there’s a lot at the end that kind of makes it hard to count. 10 shots directly into a man as he’s laying on the ground.

Shots fired into a 37 year-old man named Alex Pretti, resident of the city, citizen of the USA.

 

[Inthedetails]

Where is his gun? And....where is his camera now?

jmo

 

[PawneeDew]

Where is his gun? And....where is his camera now?

jmo

And where are the witnesses?

 

[JennieM]

A Minneapolis man who was gunned down during a struggle with federal agents has been identified by local media as Alex Jeffrey Pretti

Pretti is a registered nurse, US citizen and a resident of Minnesota who had a gun license according to officials

Minneapolis shooting victim named as Alex Jeffrey Pretti

Pretti was identified by local media as the man gunned down during a clash with federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Inthedetails]

And where are the witnesses?

You mean the ICE agents who left the scene not in proper condition for Minneapolis police to examine and secure?

jmo

 

[BeginnerSleuther]

If the National Guard is there to usher ICE out, that would be the only good use of their time and energy. MN citizens aren't the problem.

Hopefully, they're there to protect MN residents from the brutality of ICE.

 

[JennieM]

ICE approach him, pushing him away

New video, new angles, at link.

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

 

[LAborn]

Hopefully, they're there to protect MN residents from the brutality of ICE.

I sincerely hope so.

 

[Inthedetails]

Hopefully, they're there to protect MN residents from the brutality of ICE.

If ICE left, as the state has asked them to do, that would protect residents from the violence the agents brought to Minnesota.

Opinion, mine.

 

[Inthedetails]

Presser upcoming from Minnesota BCA (Bureau of Criminal Apprehension).

 

[SouthAussie]

Sure, and ICE agents who have next to 0 training and a ton of anger storming the streets with a God complex and weapons they barely know how to use can also kill citizens in cold blood.

I know what my money is on.

MOO.

This guy, like the ICE person who killed Renee Good, is a longer-term CBP person. Which says to me that the shooter knew exactly what he was doing.

Officer who fatally shot Minneapolis man during protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials say​

Live updates: Minneapolis National Guard activated after a man is killed by federal agent

Gov. Tim Walz has activated the National Guard after 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot and killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters.

apnews.com

 

[LAborn]

Presser upcoming from Minnesota BCA (Bureau of Criminal Apprehension).

Do you know how we can watch (out of state). Thanks!

 

[Sarahlou]

What on earth?! Just saw the video, another execution. Brutes.

 

[JennieM]

11m ago

AP: Man killed by federal officer was Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse​

Family members say the man killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in his city.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who loved getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died. He had participated in protests following the killing of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Law Enforcement officer earlier this month.

"He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset," said Michael Pretti, Alex's father. "He felt that doing the protesting was a way to express that, you know, his care for others."

Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets.

By The Associated Press

Border Patrol kills Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; judge grants restraining order against DHS

U.S. District Court Judge Eric Tostrud granted a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Saturday, barring the department from altering or destroying evidence in the killing of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis.

www.cbsnews.com