NewsFeed Two US federal agents involved in the fatal shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti during an immigration raid in Minneapolis have been placed on administrative leave, as fallout from the most recent killing of a US citizen continues to cause outrage. Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo explains. Published On 29 Jan 202629 Jan 2026 […]
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Trump says government will ‘de-escalate a little bit’ in Minnesota after Pretti shooting
President Donald Trump said his administration was “going to de-escalate a little bit” in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there. “Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible,” he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. In early January Renee Good was fatally […]
Minnesota rebuffs DOJ’s data demands after Pretti shooting : NPR
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon speaks to the media about early voting on Sept. 19, 2024. Adam Bettcher/AP hide caption toggle caption Adam Bettcher/AP Minnesota officials are rebuffing a series of demands from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, as the state continues its clash with the Trump administration over the surge of federal immigration […]
A minute-by-minute timeline of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent
The interaction that ended in the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning began at least three minutes earlier when Pretti appeared to be using his phone to record CBP officers, according to videos reviewed and verified by ABC News. Minutes later, Pretti was pinned on the street by multiple federal agents — […]
Video shows moments around fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Bystander video footage has captured the moments before the killing of 37-year-old Minneapolis man Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers. The confrontation and altercation which led to Pretti’s shooting was recorded from multiple points of view. Federal and state officials have conflicting accounts of the events which led to Pretti’s death. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi […]
What we know about the latest Minneapolis shooting by federal agents
The second fatal shooting this month of an American citizen in Minneapolis by at the hands of a federal agent has ratcheted up tensions in the city once again — and led to disputed accounts of what happened. Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, was fatally shot by a Border Patrol […]
Minneapolis shooting: parents of Alex Pretti say Trump officials are telling ‘sickening lies’ | Minneapolis
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Yesterday’s killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers came weeks after Renee Good, also a 37-year-old American citizen, was killed on 7 January by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, sparking outrage nationwide. My colleague Richard Luscombe reports in this […]
Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Man killed in shooting involving federal agents
A visibly angry Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz lashed out against President Donald Trump, Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino and other administration officials over the shooting and reiterated his call for federal agents to leave the state. He lambasted DHS for their statements and comments after the shooting and alleged they are trying to “spin” the […]
Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Trump vows ‘day of reckoning & retribution’ for Minnesota Democrats
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have also sued the Trump administration, alleging in a lawsuit filed Monday that the Department of Homeland Security has been “causing turmoil and imposing a climate of fear.” The 103-page complaint alleges that Border Patrol agents were told to “push the envelope” on immigration enforcement and […]
Minnesota senator: White House ‘attempting to cover up’ Good shooting
Minnesota Democratic Sen. Tina Smith said Sunday that the Trump administration was “attempting to cover up what happened” in the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a U.S. citizen and mother of three, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. ABC News obtained cell phone video of the incident that was taken by the ICE agent […]