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Killing of Alex Pretti

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Killing of Alex Pretti
Part of Operation Metro Surge and shootings by U.S. immigration agents in the second Trump administration
Headshot of a bearded Pretti wearing glasses and smiling against a white background
Official portrait in 2024 (as a registered nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
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DateJanuary 24, 2026
Timec. 9:05 a.m. CST (UTC−6)
LocationNicollet Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Coordinates44°57′18.0″N 93°16′40.7″W / 44.955000°N 93.277972°W / 44.955000; -93.277972
Deaths1 (Pretti)
Involved agencyUnited States Border Patrol

On January 24, 2026, Alex Pretti,[1] a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot and killed by United States Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This occurred amid widespread protests against a federal immigration crackdown and followed the January 7 fatal shooting of Renée Good, also by federal officers.

Video recordings of the incident showed Pretti filming law enforcement agents with his phone and directing traffic. Pretti stood between an agent and a woman whom the agent had pushed to the ground, putting his arm around the woman.[2] He was subsequently pepper-sprayed and wrestled to the ground by several federal agents, with around six surrounding him when he was shot and killed.[3][4][5] Bystander video verified and reviewed by Reuters, the BBC and the The Wall Street Journal appears to show an agent removing a gun and moving away from Pretti less than a second before another agent fires at him.[6][7][8][9]

According to The Guardian, while Pretti was legally licensed to carry a handgun, the publicly available video evidence reviewed by the paper does not show him holding one.[10] In reviewing video evidence, Reuters, the BBC and The New York Times all concluded that he was holding a cell phone, not a gun, in the moments before being tackled.[7][9][11] Agents appear to shoot at him at least ten times within five seconds, beginning while he was pinned to the ground and continuing after he collapsed and his body lay motionless.[9][11]

The Trump administration defended the shooting, claiming that Pretti was an aggressor. The Minnesota Star Tribune assessed that these claims are uncorroborated and contradicted by witnesses and video evidence.[12] The shooting accelerated ongoing protests against US immigration forces locally and nationally.[13] As with the Renée Good case, state investigators were denied access to the shooting scene by the federal government.[14]

Background

Main article: Operation Metro Surge

The incident was the third shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis in three weeks. On January 7, a federal agent fatally shot Renée Good, an incident that set off protests that drew thousands.[15] The following week, a Venezuelan man, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, was shot in the leg by an immigration officer and survived.[16]

According to Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, the federal agents involved in the shooting were conducting an operation to detain an undocumented immigrant with a "significant criminal history".[17] Minnesota court and the Minnesota Department of Corrections records contradicted Bovino's claim; no person of the name given by Bovino had any criminal history in Minnesota, only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago.[18]

A witness in the doughnut shop near the location of the incident told news outlets that a man entered the shop and the door was locked, denying federal agents entry. This reportedly caused federal agents to call for backup and become aggressive toward observers, including Pretti.[19]

Alex Jeffrey Pretti

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was a 37-year-old American citizen living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[20][21][22]

Pretti was born in Illinois to a family with northern Italian ancestry and grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[23][24] He graduated from the public Preble High School in 2006.[25] He then attended the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 2011.[26]

Pretti was hired in 2014 as a research assistant in the clinical research program at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System.[27] He had been a registered nurse in Minnesota since 2021.[27] At the time of his death, Pretti held an active nursing license and was an intensive care nurse at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis.[28][29] He was a member of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing federal employees.[23][27]

According to Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis Police Department, Pretti was a lawful gun owner and had a Minnesota state permit to carry a gun,[30] and Pretti had no criminal record.[21][31]

Pretti had participated in protests against the killing of Renée Good earlier in January 2026.[25] His father Mike Pretti told reporters that Pretti had acknowledged warnings from his parents to be careful while protesting.[21][32]

Shooting

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video icon Federal immigration officer shoots and kills a man in Minneapolis on YouTube from Associated Press
video icon New angle shows moment ICE agents shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis – video from The Guardian via Reuters
video icon New angle shows federal agent fatally shooting man from NBC News
video icon Video shows confrontation leading up to fatal shooting in Minneapolis on YouTube from Associated Press
video icon Federal agent fatally shoots 37-year-old man in Minneapolis on YouTube from Minnesota Public Radio
video icon Post on TikTok of video from car on TikTok and MS NOW[33]

On January 24, 2026, at 9:05 a.m. CST (UTC−6),[20] Alex Pretti was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agents at the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis.[15][20] A witness stated that ICE agents were attempting to enter a restaurant but were refused.[34]

Videos of the incident showed Pretti recording agents alongside two legal observers. Twenty-eight seconds before the first shot was fired, one agent pushed a legal observer wearing an orange backpack.[30] Pretti responded by moving to the sidewalk, attempting to help the two other people being pushed by agents. Pretti stood between the agent and a woman being pushed and was pepper-sprayed by the agent.[35] Pretti wrapped his arms around the fallen woman who had just been shoved. An agent then shoved Pretti, and the two fell back, still embracing.[36][2]

Several agents wrestled Pretti onto the sidewalk. One officer struck him with an object multiple times,[8] one discovered and removed Pretti's firearm from his waistband holster[37], and then ten shots were fired over a period of five seconds.[15][38] According to analysis by The New York Times, agents yelled that Pretti had a gun approximately eight seconds after Pretti had been pinned to the ground.[11] The Department of Homeland Security said that Pretti approached Border Patrol officers with a handgun, and an agent sprayed mace before firing defensive shots after attempting to disarm him.[20][19] Video of the incident showed Pretti's phone in his right hand and nothing in his left hand.[11][39] In a sworn testimony, two witnesses to the killing said that Pretti did not brandish a gun,[38] and a frame-by-frame analysis of video from the event by the BBC reaches the same conclusion[40]. Multiple videos showed a federal agent pulling a gun from the scuffle matching the description later given by DHS, followed by two other federal agents using their guns to shoot Pretti. [11][39][8] The Daily Telegraph said that confusion or misfire of the confiscated weapon, could have instigated the shooting. [41] According to The Wall Street Journal: "A frame-by-frame review ... shows a federal officer pulling a handgun away from Pretti. Less than a second later, an agent fires several rounds."[6]

An eyewitness who recorded the killing[38] testified that Pretti was not resisting agents and was instead focused on helping a woman who had been pushed to the ground. She said that DHS's account of the events was wrong.[42] A second witness testified seeing Pretti yelling at agents but not attacking them or brandishing a weapon.[38]

A physician who was present before emergency medical services arrived was initially prevented by immigration agents from assessing Pretti's condition because they did not have their physician's license on them. When the physician was eventually allowed access, they observed at least three bullet wounds in Pretti's back, one in the upper-left chest, and one possible bullet wound to the neck.[43] This physician made a sworn affidavit later the same day.[38][43]

Shortly after, medics attempted to revive Pretti. DHS stated that Pretti died on the scene.[44][45][20][36]

Witness statements

Minnesota Public Radio reported a statement from a witness to the shooting: "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to [']back up, back up.['] I'm not even sure why[—]we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him."[46]

Another witness explained to CNN how the incident unfolded. The witness was in a doughnut shop when someone came into the shop with federal officers in pursuit. The officers could not enter the shop and called for backup; various community members contacted a "network for first responders" to assist. The witness said: "What I saw is that there was a lot of people, getting together trying to come and get the attention from the officers, and they managed to do it, but the way that the officers reacted when they saw these people, they started pushing them away and like being physical to them, and as they were being physical to this one lady in particular, she tried to look to somebody to grab onto, and it just happened to be this person who got shot."[19]

Two witnesses to the shooting testified in sworn affidavits on the day of the shooting in an existing lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against Kristi Noem and other officials directing the immigration crackdown. One of the witnesses was the physician who had earlier been barred from providing assistance to Pretti. The physician testified that agents were not performing CPR on Pretti but instead had him on his side and appeared to be counting how many bullet wounds that he had; further that they did not see Pretti attack the federal agents or brandish a weapon.[38]

The other witness testified that she never saw Pretti draw or otherwise hold a gun, but that Pretti had approached the agents with a camera while he was trying to assist a protestor who had been knocked down by the agents. She said that she saw four or five agents on top of Pretti when they began shooting him. Her testimony also included that the agents were looking for her in connection to the shooting and that she was fearful of returning to her house.[38]

Shooters

Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino said an officer who shot Pretti had been serving with the Border Patrol for eight years and had "extensive training as a Range Safety Officer".[20][47] The New York Times reported that two officers appear to have fired at least ten shots at Pretti over a period of five seconds.[11][30]

Bovino reported that as of January 25, 2026, all agents present at the scene of the shooting were still on the job, though they had been placed on administrative duty and/or relocated out of Minneapolis for the officers' safety.[48]

Aftermath

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  • Line of federal agents on Nicollet Avenue
  • Minneapolis protests soon after killing of Pretti
  • Agents shooting at protesters

Following the shooting, over 100 people assembled at the site of the incident to protest.[49] Onlookers called federal agents cowards and told them to go home. One officer mockingly responded "Boo hoo."[50] News about the shooting was transmitted across rapid response networks, including Signal group chats.[51] Federal agents fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters.[52][20][53] Protestors and a KARE 11 reporter[54] were pepper-sprayed.[55] Two protesters were arrested after attempting to cross the police tape.[20][15] Protesters chanted "I smell Nazis".[56][53] Several witnesses were detained and taken to the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building.[20][57] Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials attempted to dismiss local police from the scene, which Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara refused.[20] Protesters blocked an intersection near the shooting.[20] Some restaurants along the street of the shooting offered coffee and opened their doors to protesters.[20] Protests were held in Seattle, Washington;[58] Portland, Oregon;[59] Durham, North Carolina;[60] Oak Park, Illinois, near Chicago;[61] downtown Los Angeles,[62] and Boston.[63] The Guardian estimated that thousands demonstrated in New York City, and hundreds in San Francisco, Providence, and Minneapolis.[13]

Hennepin County sheriff Dawanna Witt asked the National Guard for help at the Whipple Federal Building due to concerns about "potential for unrest" after the shooting.[20] Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey also submitted a request for the National Guard to support the local police.[64] Later the same day, January 24, Minnesota governor Tim Walz activated the state's National Guard.[65]

The National Basketball Association (NBA) game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors, originally scheduled for the day of the shooting in downtown Minneapolis, was postponed to the next day due to safety concerns.[66] Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said that playing the game on its original date "just didn’t feel like the right thing to do".[67] A moment of silence for Pretti was held before the game, as it was two weeks previously for Renée Good.[68]

The night of the shooting, thousands of people attended candlelight vigils that were held at street corners, on sidewalks, at parks, and various locations across the Twin Cities region.[69][70] A GoFundMe fundraiser for Pretti's family reached US$700,000 in donations by the following day.[71]

Investigation

An image shared by DHS of the firearm that was said to have been carried by Pretti[72]

Mary Moriarty, the county attorney of Hennepin County, called for the scene to be secured by local law enforcement.[73] Moriarty later stated that her office was working alongside the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and that she expected federal authorities to let the bureau investigate the scene.[20] Hours after the shooting, three armored vehicles from the Federal Bureau of Investigation appeared at the scene of the incident.[74] According to Minneapolis Police Department chief Brian O'Hara, DHS officials blocked local police from accessing the scene,[75][20] even though the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension had a warrant signed by a judge enabling access.[14] Secretary Kristi Noem indicated that the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was denied access to the scene because Minnesota "refuses to cooperate with ICE," which the Minnesota Department of Corrections characterized as "misinformation."[18]

According to a Trump administration official who spoke to Axios, the man had a firearm that was recovered at the scene.[76] A DHS statement indicated the victim was carrying two magazines and no form of identification.[77][4][72] The Department of Homeland Security claimed that the man evidently wanted to "massacre law enforcement".[78] Minnesota officials have stated that Pretti had a lawful permit to carry a firearm.[78]

The United States Department of Justice initiated a federal investigation on the day of the shooting.[79]

Responses

Pretti family

Pretti's parents released a statement saying they were "heartbroken but also very angry". The statement continued "the sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting", and said: "Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump's murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed."[80] They urged people to push back against government claims about Pretti, saying "Please get the truth out about our son."[81]

Minnesota

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video icon News conference on the shooting held by Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey.[82]

Minnesota governor Tim Walz stated that he spoke to officials in the Trump administration after the shooting.[20][7] On social media, he called the shooting "sickening", said President Trump "must end this operation", and added "Minnesota has had it."[15] He also said Minnesotans are creating a "log of evidence" to prosecute federal agents.[20] Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard to assist local police at the request of the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the Minneapolis city government.[36][83] Minnesota senators Amy Klobuchar (D), a candidate in the gubernatorial election to succeed Walz,[84] and Tina Smith (D) condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement's continued presence following the shooting.[85] Ilhan Omar, the US House representative for the district that includes all of Minneapolis, and Minnesota state senator Omar Fateh described the shooting as an "execution".[86]

Items left at the site of the shooting

On the same day of the shooting, Judge Eric C. Tostrud of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota approved a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against DHS in a lawsuit filed by the county attorney's office for Hennepin County in partnership with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), ruling that all evidence related to the shooting be preserved.[87][88] The Minnesota Attorney General's office has also joined the Hennepin County and BCA lawsuit against DHS.[89]

National

White House

United States president Donald Trump was briefed on the shooting.[90] After threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act earlier in the month,[91] Trump accused Minnesota governor Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey of inciting insurrection with their criticism of ICE's operations in the state.[20][92] United States vice president JD Vance blamed local officials for ignoring requests from ICE.[93] In a telephone interview with The Wall Street Journal the day after the shooting, Trump stated that the administration was "reviewing everything and will come out with a determination," declining to state at the time whether the shooting was justified.[94] Trump also echoed comments that bringing a loaded firearm to a protest "doesn't play good."[94]

Hours after the shooting, before any investigation had occurred, Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor, claimed without evidence that Pretti was a "domestic terrorist" who had "tried to assassinate federal law enforcement".[77]

Federal law enforcement agencies

In a press conference on the day of the shooting, Bovino stated without evidence that the incident "looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement".[95][92] On the day after the incident, Bovino was interviewed by Dana Bash on the TV program State of the Union, where he stated, "The victims are the Border Patrol agents." He praised the law enforcement officers that shot Pretti, stating that they had "prevented any specific shootings of law enforcement", and he speculated that Pretti was "more than likely" there to assault officers. When asked about Pretti's second amendment rights, Bovino stated: "What I’m saying is we respect that Second Amendment right. But those rights don’t count when you riot and assault, delay, obstruct and impede law enforcement officers."[96]

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kash Patel said in an interview regarding Pretti's second amendment rights: "You cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple."[97]

In a press conference, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem accused Pretti of being a domestic terrorist and of carrying his firearm in an unlawful, dangerous manner.[98] She went on to state that “This individual showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers. They responded according to their training and took action to defend the officer’s life and those of the public around him.”[99]

United States Department of Justice

United States attorney general Pam Bondi faulted Minnesota politicians and Minneapolis' sanctuary city policies for the shooting.[20]

Bill Essayli, serving as First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, posted on Twitter: "If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you. Don't do it!"[100] In response to Essayli's statement, Republican US Representative Thomas Massie wrote: "Carrying a firearm is not a death sentence, it's a Constitutionally protected God-given right, and if you don't understand this you have no business in law enforcement or government."[101]

Other politicians

Multiple Democratic politicians in both federal and state governments condemned the shooting, describing the Trump administration as responsible. Some, such as United States senator from Oregon Jeff Merkley and United States representative from Oregon Maxine Dexter, decried the shooting as murder.[86][102][103]

United States Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (NY-D), speaking on behalf of the Democratic caucus, vowed to block any spending package that included funding for DHS. This escalated the risk of a government shutdown.[104] Senator Thom Tillis (NC-R) called for a "thorough and impartial investigation",[105] while senator Bill Cassidy (LA-R) called for an investigation to be conducted jointly by the federal and state governments and asserted: "The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing. The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake."[106] Senators Pete Ricketts (NE-R), Lisa Murkowski (AK-R), and Susan Collins (ME-R) have also called for comprehensive and transparent investigation.[107][108][109] Citing the risk of harm to ICE officials and further loss of life, Rep. James Comer (KY-R) suggested that ICE should "maybe go to another city."[110][94][111] Rep. Andrew Garbarino (NY-R), who heads the House Homeland Security Committee, requested testimony from officials in charge of ICE, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a request that was applauded by Rep. Michael Baumgartner (WA-R).[110] Rep. Michael McCaul (TX-R) likewise called for an investigation "to get to the bottom of these incidents and to maintain Americans’ confidence in our justice system."[111]

United States representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-D) contrasted conservative condemnation of Pretti for concealed carrying to their defense of Kyle Rittenhouse in the 2020 Kenosha unrest shooting, wherein he shot and killed two unarmed protesters with an assault rifle. Ocasio-Cortez stated: "How rich is it that [Kristi Noem] is saying showing up to the scene of a protest with a legally owned weapon should be grounds for a person's death, execution at the hands of the state, by the same party and the same administration that praises Kyle Rittenhouse."[112]

United States representative and concealed carry advocate Randy Fine (FL-R) repeated the falsehood that Pretti had attacked ICE officers and commended ICE's killing of Pretti, stating: "The insurrectionist was put down. Well done."[113]

Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt stated: "[T]he death of Americans, what we're seeing on TV, it's causing deep concerns over federal tactics and accountability."[114][115] The National Governors Association, chaired by Stitt, issued a statement "urg[ing] leaders at all levels to exercise wisdom and consider a reset of strategy toward a unified vision for immigration enforcement," calling for "thoughtful leadership, coordination, and clarity," and expressing that "[s]cenes of violence and chaos on our streets are unacceptable and do not reflect who we are."[116]

Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama called Pretti's killing "a heartbreaking tragedy", adding that "It should also be a wake up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault."[117]

Former president Bill Clinton issued a statement calling the incident "unacceptable," further asserting that, "at every turn, the people in charge have lied to us, told us not to believe what we've seen with our own eyes, and pushed increasingly aggressive and antagonistic tactics, including impeding investigations by local authorities."[118]

Gun-rights organizations

The gun-rights organizations National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America both criticized the Trump administration officials' framing of Pretti's carrying a firearm as justifying the shooting. The National Rifle Association called Bill Essayli's comments on the matter "dangerous and wrong" and called for a full investigation.[119] Gun Owners of America responded by stating: "We condemn the untoward comments of U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. Federal agents are not 'highly likely' to be 'legally justified' in 'shooting' concealed carry licensees who approach while lawfully carrying a firearm. The Second Amendment protects Americans' right to bear arms while protesting—a right the federal government must not infringe upon."[120]

Similarly, the Gun Owners Caucus of Minnesota objected to Kristi Noem's comments implying that carrying a firearm at a protest was unlawful.[121] The president of the organization called Noem's view "fundamentally wrong."[121]

Labor unions

The president of the Professional Local 3669 of the American Federation of Government Employees, of which Pretti was a member, said his death was "the direct result of an administration that has chosen reckless policy, inflammatory rhetoric, and manufactured crisis".[122] The 225,000-member National Nurses United called ICE a "public health threat"[123] and called for its abolition,[124] while the American Nurses Association called for a "full, unencumbered investigation" to be released publicly.[23]

The National Basketball Players Association endorsed the ongoing protests in Minnesota.[68]

The National Border Patrol Council, the labor union representing United States Border Patrol agents, said rhetoric from politicians and media "have encouraged these reckless confrontations and attacks on our agents and officers".[125][126]

Culture and sports

The killing prompted negative commentary from several American athletes, including professional basketball players Tyrese Haliburton, who said Pretti had been murdered, and Breanna Stewart, who called for the abolition of ICE. Current and former professional American football players Ryan Clark and Dwight McGlothern also criticized the situation in Minneapolis.[127]

Analysis

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video icon Analysis of Alex Pretti Shooting in Minneapolis on YouTube from Bellingcat
video icon CNN Video Analysis Sheds New Light on Killing of Alex Pretti from CNN

In Minnesota, citizens with a firearms permit are legally entitled to carry a handgun in public, either as open carry or concealed carry.[128][129] Multiple members of the Trump administration, including Kristi Noem, Gregory Bovino, Kash Patel, and Tricia McLaughlin, repeatedly asserted or implied that Pretti was in violation of the law by failing to carry identification while carrying a firearm.[130][131][132] CNN noted that, assuming the truth of this assertion, Pretti would be guilty of a petty misdemeanor, and the relevant statute imposed a maximum fine of $25.[130]

Bovino was reprimanded by a federal judge in late 2025 for lying[10] about his justification for throwing a gas canister without warning at protesters in Chicago, Illinois.[133]

The killing resurfaced questions of whether the agents who shot Pretti could be prosecuted by the state or federal government or sued for civil damages.[134]

See also

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