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Multiple Outlets Say Video and Witness Accounts Contradict Trump Administration Narrative in Minnesota Shooting
Bystander videos challenge DHS claim that Alex Pretti approached agents armed; footage shows him holding a phone during a 30-second scuffle before being fatally shot.
- On Saturday morning, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Veterans Administration ICU nurse, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer during an immigration operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun and officers fired defensive shots after he violently resisted, amid a Trump administration immigration operation.
- Multiple bystander videos show Alex Jeffrey Pretti holding a phone, being pepper-sprayed and tackled, while agents disarm him moments before shots were fired Saturday morning.
- The shooting prompted large protests and renewed calls to end the federal immigration operation, while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz demanded state-led investigations as DHS leads and Minnesota National Guard secures the area.
- Senior administration officials posted a photo of the firearm, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying `He was there to perpetuate violence`, while cellphone footage raised questions and intensified debates over DHS funding.
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