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

[303gmf]

A for him has reached 138,000 as of an hour ago

No idea the fundraiser name came out that way!

 

[Summerliz03]

WOW, color me shocked. The NRA has made a public statement about the shooting and defending Alex’s 2nd amendment rights, and called out the tweet from the States Attorney.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015227627464728661

 

[acutename]

READ IT: Bondi sends letter to Gov Walz warning ...​

Yahoo
https://www.yahoo.com › news › articles › read-bondi-s...




5 hours ago — Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Minnesota leaders in a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of refusing to enforce immigration law and warns federal ...

 

[Inthedetails]

dbm unapproved source

 

[acutename]

there is an issue now whether DHS believes it is legal for protesters to carry firearms. no allowable MSM source right now... First Amendment or Second Amendment.

 

[acutename]

WOW, color me shocked. The NRA has made a public statement about the shooting and defending Alex’s 2nd amendment rights, and called out the tweet from the States Attorney.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015227627464728661

a hornet's nest....

 

[JennieM]

18m ago

Testimony from two witnesses to killing of Alex Pretti filed in federal court in ACLU suit against Noem​

Robert Mackey

The testimonies of two witnesses to the killing of Alex Pretti were just filed in federal court in Minnesota, as part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by the ACLU on behalf of Minneapolis protesters against Kristi Noem and other homeland security officials directing the immigration crackdown in the city.

One witness is a woman who filmed the clearest video of his shooting; the other is a physician who lives nearby and said they were initially prevented by federal officers from rendering medical aid to the gunshot victim.

The names of both witnesses were redacted in the publicly available filings.

In her testimony, woman who filmed the shooting from just behind Pretti identified herself as “a children’s entertainer who specializes in face painting.” She testified that she came to the scene on her way to work because “I’ve been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors.”

She described the harrowing scene of Pretti being tackled by federal officers after coming to the aid of another observer they had shoved to the ground and said that she saw no sign of him holding a gun at any point:

The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn’t see him touch any of them-he wasn’t even turned toward them. It didn’t look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. 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… I don’t know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him…

I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.

I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don’t know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they’re not telling the truth about what happened.

The second witness, a 29-year-old physician, said in their testimony that they saw the shooting from their apartment window near the scene. Then when they attempted to render medical aid, they were initially prevented from doing so. “At first the ICE agents wouldn’t let me through,” they said. “But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, and I could tell that the victim was in critical condition. I insisted that the ICE agents let me assess him.”

When the physician finally convinced the agents to let them through, they said that they were confused as to why the victim was on his side but instead of checking his pulse or performing CPR the officers “appeared to be counting his bullet wounds.”

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

 

[K9Enzo]

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

 

[osu]

Video from a bystander shows emergency responders arriving to the scene of the shooting in Minneapolis and performing CPR on the man fatally shot by federal agents.

 

[zleuther]

there is an issue now whether DHS believes it is legal for protesters to carry firearms. no allowable MSM source right now... First Amendment or Second Amendment.

I was curious and asked AI. Not banned in MN.

Some states that ban at/during demonstrations. Signs. Lotsa people. A recognition that if there are counter protesters, they have just as much a right to free speech. Where I come from you'd be crazy to have any sort of weapon for a gathering. It'd be like thinking weapons belong at the football game and stuff. Please, no.

 

[Emerald1328]

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

I’m sorry, what?

 

[witchway]

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.

I think you mean tussle?

I think the truth is self evident. moo

 

[JennieM]

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7m ago
John Mitnick, who was general counsel for Department of Homeland Security during the first Trump White House, slammed the agency and his ex-boss following federal agents’ killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday.

“I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty,” Mitnick said on X. “Impeach and remove Trump—now.”

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

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]

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

Walking in public using a phone or camera to record is not unlawful assembly. Yelling is not unlawful either, nor is blowing a whistle or using bad words.

The Civil Rights movement comes to mind right now. Successful assembly of people demanding change, to stop what was wrong. Of course, there were plenty of people who didn't support the protesters, to put it mildly.

Women once marched to get the vote. They were mocked, abused, jailed in the process - probably told they brought danger on to themselves by critics - but they did it. (Thanks, ladies.)

I'd mention the American Revolution, but someone will think that's too far off-topic, I suppose. And, those Patriot protests were not peaceful like the those we see in Minneapolis. One of the big grievances of the Revolution was search and seizure without warrant, and that lead to our 4th amendment. There was no warrant today and the donut shop refused to admit the agents. The local authorities got a warrant to access the crime scene, and the Feds didn't honor it.

It's legal to be in public.

jmo

 

[Snoopster]

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

I'm confused by your comment. I'm not sure who is 'cloaking themselves from the law'. Could you clarify?

Do you believe that it was appropriate for federal authorities to shoot a man while he was contained? Do you disagree that people are allowed to peacefully protest?

 

[MerlinFalcon]

Do something?

Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of peaceful protesters took to the streets in Minneapolis yesterday in frigid weather with the clear statement, "GET OUT, ICE."

There have been protesters every day in Minnesota.

Minnesotans are sharing videos of ICE tactics all over the internet.

Local elected officials are calling for ICE TO GET OUT. The Governor today called the White House to say, STOP. This is not the first request.

Please don't say people aren't doing anything.

As I type this comment, thousands of Minnesotans are at the site of today's killing - in frigid weather - and have been there non-stop since this morning. They are crying out, "GET OUT ICE."

jmopinion

I’m not talking about the protesters that ARE there, I’m talking about the ones that continue to back the ICE behaviour. Until they turn on the person in power at the top, nothing will change.

 

[Inthedetails]

I’m not talking about the protesters that ARE there, I’m talking about the ones that continue to back the ICE behaviour. Until they turn on the person in power at the top, nothing will change.

I hear ya. I'm sensitive to comments putting down people in USA who "aren't doing anything" when plenty of Americans are very active.

But, I hear ya. I get it.

 

[Inthedetails]

An anti-ICE protest was held in downtown Milwaukee on Jan. 24 in response to the shooting of Alex Pretti.

WBAY confirmed through the Green Bay Area Public School District that Pretti graduated from Preble High School in Green Bay.

Protest forms in Milwaukee after man with Wisconsin ties shot, killed by federal agent in Minneapolis

An anti-ICE protest was held in downtown Milwaukee on Jan. 24 in response to the shooting of Alex Pretti.

www.wisn.com

 

[Summerliz03]

Here’s the letter that Pam Bondi sent to Tim Walz today with a list of demands that they want from the state of Minnesota in order for the ICE deployment to end in the state. IMO, based on these demands (which include access to voter registration rolls and the states SNAP benefit info), it doesn’t seem like this ICE deployment to Minnesota was ever about illegal immigration. The letter reads like pure extortion to me (again MOO)

Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota

The United States Attorney General is urging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to support federal law enforcement efforts and immigration policy, hours after a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident was fatally shot a Border Patrol agent.

www.fox9.com

 

[keek]

Walking in public using a phone or camera to record is not unlawful assembly. Yelling is not unlawful either, nor is blowing a whistle or using bad words.

The Civil Rights movement comes to mind right now. Successful assembly of people demanding change, to stop what was wrong. Of course, there were plenty of people who didn't support the protesters, to put it mildly.

Women once marched to get the vote. They were mocked, abused, jailed in the proces - probably told they brought danger on to themselves by critics - but they did it. (Thanks, ladies.)

I'd mention the American Revolution, but someone will think that's too far off-topic, I suppose. And, those Patriot protests were not peaceful like the those we see in Minneapolis. One of the big grievances of the Revolution was search and seizure without warrant, and that lead to our 4th amendment. There was no warrant today and the donut shop refused to admit the agents. The local authorities got a warrant to access the crime scene, and the Feds didn't honor it.

It's legal to be in public.

jmo

Thank you CIVIL RIGHTS marchers,, hoses and dogs and violence put upon the people. Murdered as well. Just one protest that changed the course of lives and the country. Good human beings. IMO