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

[Inthedetails]

Noem next? This comment is about the shooting of Alex Pretti and the lies the administration told about how/why the shooting happened, justifying the killing of a resident.

CNN cited an official who said Bovino's departure was a "mutual decision." According to CNN's reporting, administration officials were "deeply frustrated" with Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's handling of the shooting's aftermath, with Bovino alleging that Pretti was planning to "massacre" federal agents.

Border chief Bovino, some agents expected to leave Minnesota by Tuesday

The reported development comes following a shift in strategy by the Trump Administration on Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

www.kare11.com

CNN reported the president was "personally unhappy" with the way his administration was being portrayed, with officials also upset over Secretary Noem's labeling of Pretti as a "domestic terrorist." At a White House briefing Monday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that was not President Trump's personal position.

Leavitt added that Homan will be the "main point of contact" for the operation in Minneapolis going forward.

Border chief Bovino, some agents expected to leave Minnesota by Tuesday

The reported development comes following a shift in strategy by the Trump Administration on Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

www.kare11.com

 

[Charlot123]

I was thinking of Alex’s phone. He was recording when he was shot. Where is his phone and the video?

I surely hope that the border patrol agents who killed him didn’t destroy the phone. However, if things are synchronized with the cloud, it is still possible to extract.

If it disappears altogether, it will raise more legal questions.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Not necessarily true.

My phone uploads all of my pictures, videos, downloads and voice calls to my home NAS drive. Everything is then backed-up to an off-site location.

All this is cheap to do and anyone who needs to preserve their evidence can so so at minimal cost.

Do you believe that his digital footprint can be preserved, even if ICE indicates they didnt have /or lost his phone.
And, can US administration refuse to let it be seen????

 

[nhmemorymaker]

I surely hope that the border patrol agents who killed him didn’t destroy the phone. However, if things are synchronized with the cloud, it is still possible to extract.

If it disappears altogether, it will raise more legal questions.

right. so right.

 

[Inthedetails]

I surely hope that the border patrol agents who killed him didn’t destroy the phone. However, if things are synchronized with the cloud, it is still possible to extract.

If it disappears altogether, it will raise more legal questions.

I think there is more than enough video evidence to prove UNjustified murder even without Alex' phone. The phone really isn't needed, imo.

But if it disappears, that reflects loud and clear on how the investigation was mishandled.

jmo

 

[tlcya]

A federal judge is weighing whether to extend an order blocking the Trump administration from “destroying or altering evidence” connected to Pretti’s killing and said at the close of today's hearing, "we will be getting a decision forthwith.”
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A lawyer for the Minnesota attorney general pointed to several “serious irregularities” in how federal authorities preserved evidence in the hours after the shooting, including denying local police access to the scene and releasing statements that blamed Pretti and called him a domestic terrorist. Witness video of the shooting contradicts Trump administration’s narrative.

Peter Farrell, the lawyer for the Minnesota attorney general, questioned why Trump officials posted on social media a photo of a gun that federal agents said belonged to Pretti.

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “would never treat a gun like that,” Farrell said.
Judge to decide on evidence in Pretti shooting

 

[Marantz4250b]

Do you believe that his digital footprint can be preserved, even if ICE indicates they didnt have /or lost his phone.
And, can US administration refuse to let it be seen????

I have literally no idea as I have no particular experience in tech or anything.

If his data is away from his phone then it's going to be a lot more difficult to hide by the government, quite honestly.

I like protecting my data and being in control of same. The NAS drive makes it extremely easy as you can set it to grab everything from your phone in pretty much real time. That was never my intention for getting it (it was to store movies as my previous external HDDs were filling up to quickly) but it's worked out quite well. It can also handle feeds for security cameras on my house when I get round to setting them up.

If you need to protect your data the it's an awesome machine.

 

[Inthedetails]

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “would never treat a gun like that,” Farrell said.
Judge to decide on evidence in Pretti shooting

snipped

WSers pointed that out as it happened!

wtg

jmo

 

[SouthAussie]

I received approval to link the following video. The white vehicle right behind the incident was occupied at the time of the shooting and this is the driver’s footage. I haven’t seen it in MSM yet, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time.

TikTok - Make Your Day

Edit: the driver also posted a video right before this one of the events right before this video starts.

Very important video. Thanks for gaining the approval to post, then posting it.

 

[JennieM]

16m ago

Bovino, some Border Patrol agents to leave Minneapolis soon: sources​

Outspoken Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his green-uniformed agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, two sources familiar with the move tell CBS News.

The move comes following intense backlash over how top federal officials, including Bovino, responded to the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Bovino, citing no evidence, suggested over the weekend Pretti intended to "massacre" federal agents.

By Camilo Montoya-Galvez

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

 

[waldojabba]

“The answer to Attorney General Bondi’s request is no," Simon wrote.
"Her letter is an outrageous attempt to coerce Minnesota into giving the federal government private data on millions of U.S. Citizens in violation of state and federal law. This comes after repeated and failed attempts by the DOJ to pressure my office into providing the same data."

So it seems imo that Pam B was asking for information she is not entitled to under state or federal law. I should be shocked - imo none of this is normal and it should be called out no matter how many times we see this type of thing happening.


JMO

https://twitter.com/x/status/2015582998809248215

 

[otto]

What does it matter? The agents shot disarmed person lying on the ground ten times. No matter ehat facial expressions Alex Pretti did shooting him was not appropriate response.

MOO

Of course. We can look at the end result and know that no one should have pulled the trigger. That much is obvious.

But, some see value in examining the events that occurred prior to the shooting in order to understand how it went wrong. Analyzing the events prior to the shooting does not equate with a statement that the shooting was justified.

 

[Charlot123]

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What about the others in that pack? I want to know who all of them are. Also there were TWO who emptied their guns on Alex's lifeless body. Who are they?

I have said it already: Alex Pretti is becoming a martyr. He is the martyr who gave his life for two important causes: the safety of the city of Minneapolis and in the long run, the principles of the self-governance of the states within the US, a federation.

With the martyrs, and I am not talking about the religious but the human concept of this term, one can not lie or brush things aside. It is the memory, the reverence, the symbolism, the folks’ veneration, if you will.

Obviously neither Bovino nor Noehm nor whoever-replaces-Bovino yet understand this very important component of the situation, the public view of Alex’s death. But eventually, they’ll have to provide all documents and the names of the agents, the sooner the better.

Nowadays Internet finds the culprits too often. I bet it will happen in this case for sure. They can’t hide the names, but they can unload them now. The agents who killed Pretti are dragging them all, Noehm, Bovino, the federal government down now, and heavily so. They are a tremendous liability, and it is not these agents’ job, but their actions that caused it.

I hope we’ll know their names soon. No one is demanding their heads, but the names and the CVs.

 

[iamshadow21]

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I have said it already: Alex Pretti is becoming a martyr. He is the martyr who gave his life for two important causes: the safety of the city of Minneapolis and in the long run, the principles of the self-governance of the states within the US, a federation.

With the martyrs, and I am not talking about the religious but the human concept of this term, one can not lie or brush things aside. It is the memory, the reverence, the symbolism, the folks’ veneration, if you will.

Obviously neither Bovino nor Noehm nor whoever-replaces-Bovino yet understand this very important component of the situation, the public view of Alex’s death. But eventually, they’ll have to provide all documents and the names of the agents, the sooner the better.

Nowadays Internet finds the culprits too often. I bet it will happen in this case for sure. They can’t hide the names, but they can unload them now. The agents who killed Pretti are dragging them all, Noehm, Bovino, the federal government down now, and heavily so. They are a tremendous liability, and it is not these agents’ job, but their actions that caused it.

I hope we’ll know their names soon. No one is demanding their heads, but the names and the CVs.

I'm honestly surprised we don't know the names of the shooters already. We knew with the Renee Good shooting in like, a day?

MOO

 

[kuromiiiilove]

I'm honestly surprised we don't know the names of the shooters already. We knew with the Renee Good shooting in like, a day?

MOO

I think they’re being a bit ‘smarter’ about this one. Jonathan Ross’ identity was found out because Noem said the officer had been involved in a dragging incident in x month, and it turned out there was only one such incident at that time.

 

[tlcya]

I believe eventually we will know the names of those agents who fired their weapons at Alex Pretti. I am in no rush for that info to be released because with emotions running high, I worry they will be doxed or some dingbat will try to harm them. Right now, we have the eyes of the world upon us and most seem to agree that this shooting was anything but just.

The very last thing we need is some misguided rage fueled vigilante harming any of the men responsible for the IMO murder of an American Citizen. I want them to answer for what they've done, but the right way.

 

[Inthedetails]

bbm:

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his agents are expected to leave Minnesota tomorrow, three sources told CNN on Monday afternoon, and later also confirmed by NBC News sources and reported by the Associated Press, citing its own sources.

Border chief Bovino, some agents expected to leave Minnesota by Tuesday

The reported development comes following a shift in strategy by the Trump Administration on Monday after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

www.kare11.com

 

[SouthAussie]

I'm honestly surprised we don't know the names of the shooters already. We knew with the Renee Good shooting in like, a day?

MOO

Would be interesting to know if the shooters are former J6ers or have some other adverse public profile they would like to hide.

imo

 

[tlcya]

Trump spoke to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey today, saying on Truth Social that "lots of progress is being made."

"Tom Homan will be meeting with him tomorrow in order to continue the discussion," Trump wrote.

Frey said in a statement earlier that he welcomed a conversation with Homan if it meant engaging constructively to find common ground.

"My door is open," Frey said. "If his visit is instead focused on escalating tensions or spreading misinformation, Minneapolis doesn’t need that here."
Trump says 'lots of progress' made after a call with Minneapolis mayor

 

[K9Enzo]

IMO ICE Operations need to switch tactics. These trained agitator activists are amping up and becoming more dangerously organized. They need to minimize apprehensions in crowds where bystanders think they’re the main character and wanting their viral moment. Pick ground, tighten parameters, control distance, move fast, keep it clean, keep it boring, take people into custody where there’s limited audience and chaos. These apprehensions are turning into street spectacles. You are no longer running an operation you’re managing bad actors( many violent - one biting the finger tip off an agent), and plenty of them. Lean heavier on technology (facial recognition, lic plate readers, social media monitoring, skip tracing) get in, get out. Slow is smooth, fast is smooth.

For the love of God, give the DHS Security a strict script to stick too. The instant inflammatory remarks don’t help. Your agents are beyond over it.

You know who didn’t get shot by federal agents this past weekend? Me.

IMO