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

[tlcya]

The admin has already responded. They lied.

This comment is about this shooting. The federal response to the shooting of Alex Pretti was to lie about it.

jmo

I do not disagree, but the further they dig into the he assaulted our agents narrative in the face of video proof to the contrary, the better as far as showing the world that this was never about "the worst of the worst" criminal illegal aliens or Medicaid fraud, which, BTW the state of MN has been prosecuting for years already. JMO this will continue until enough eyes that have until now preferred to look away can no longer do so.

 

[Alxx108]

I heard a quote the other day that basically sums this up - “You can’t break the law to enforce the law”

This! Serial killers get caught and get a trial. So many web sleuths cases are firstly about a heinous crime but also then the trial process where both sides get to present a case. Even someone guilty of such a crime may not get the death penalty.

 

[Inthedetails]

I do not disagree, but the further they dig into the he assaulted our agents narrative in the face of video proof to the contrary, the better as far as showing the world that this was never about "the worst of the worst" criminal illegal aliens or Medicaid fraud, which, BTW the state of MN has been prosecuting for years already. JMO this will continue until enough eyes that have until now preferred to look away can no longer do so.

The lies are hard for anyone with eyes connected to a brain to accept.

This comment is about the shooting of Alex Pretti, the topic of this thread:

Republican Sens. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana also publicly called for an investigation into Pretti's death, warning that the Trump administration's "credibility" was at stake.

"The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing. The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the American people with the truth," Cassidy wrote on his X account Saturday (January 24).

Prominent Republican Suggests Trump Consider Pulling ICE Out Of Minneapolis | Newsradio 600 KOGO

A prominent Republican suggested that President Donald Trump consider pulling ICE out of Minneapolis after the second fatal shooting by an officer this month.

kogo.iheart.com

 

[Inthedetails]

This is about the shooting of Alex Pretti specifically and the investigation about what happened.

A growing number of Republicans are pressing for a deeper investigation into federal immigration tactics in Minnesota after a U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, a sign that the Trump administration's accounting of events may face bipartisan scrutiny.

Republican calls are growing for a deeper investigation into fatal Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti

Administration officials are firm in their defense of the hard-line immigration enforcement tactics in Minneapolis and they fault Democrats in the state along with local law enforcement for not working with them.

www.pbs.org

 

[tlcya]

The lies are hard for anyone with eyes connected to a brain to accept.

This comment is about the shooting of Alex Pretti, the topic of this thread:

Republican Sens. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana also publicly called for an investigation into Pretti's death, warning that the Trump administration's "credibility" was at stake.

"The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing. The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the American people with the truth," Cassidy wrote on his X account Saturday (January 24).

Prominent Republican Suggests Trump Consider Pulling ICE Out Of Minneapolis | Newsradio 600 KOGO

A prominent Republican suggested that President Donald Trump consider pulling ICE out of Minneapolis after the second fatal shooting by an officer this month.

kogo.iheart.com

and there are those eyes I was referring to, the ones that might have previously looked away. Looking now straight at the administration's response to this (IMO) murder of an American citizen.

 

[Summerliz03]

I think pressure from a large number of Republican congressmen will be the only thing that would push the administration to conduct an investigation into this killing and I hope that more of them continue to speak out. Otherwise, they (Congress) really are not doing the job they were elected to do. IMO.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

They had Alex incapacitated and on the ground, the next step would be searching him for weapons (that's if he was in any way aggressive before they tackled him which he was not). If the agents in your scenario were unable to properly search Alex and then properly communicate among themselves that he got disarmed, then they were incompetent on the most basic level. Literally more incompetent that any policeman fresh out of training.

Absolutely, we see it time and time again, situations escalating because of poorly trained officers. Even to the point of death. If you can't subdue someone without that person getting shot 10 times, especially with a team of 5 or 6, you have no business being on the force.

 

[JennieM]

he was an emergency care nurse, just trying to help someone. he was not an immigrant, he was a white american - which obviously shouldn’t matter but to some people sadly it will. it’s on video and the behavior of ICE is chilling, the “boo hoo” after taking a life. i don’t see how anyone can defend this unless they are so invested in believing lies just because that’s what they want to believe. unfortunately it seems like there are still plenty of people like that, but i hope with all my heart most people will see this was wrong, so wrong.

 

[CrimeDawg123]

Thank you this is great info for us to see

With the highest numbers of est unauthorized/illegal immigrant’s residing in states like California Florida and Texas I ask myself why was Minnesota a priority ? Why the large ICE presence in Minneapolis? And why the focus on violence we are not seeing elsewhere

Then I see Pam B’s list of items they want from Walz and if they get those items they will pull ICE out of Minnesota. So was this all ever about immigration ? Or was this whole thing just leverage to extract what they always wanted but are not legally entitled to?

When anybody starts operating outside the law they lose credibility to me. ICE has been out there operating effectively for years without this chaos and violence.
It appears to me they were told to push the envelope in Minnesota - some agents - maybe rogue/ took things toooo far. These agents should be investigated fairly and impartially.
Blind loyalty and supporting unlawfulness in any group, in my mind is not the way to proceed.
If we say the immigrants are here illegally/against the law so they need to go - it only stands to reason that if we have ICE agents also doing things that are illegal - they need to be held accountable too.

JMO

It's clearly political retribution