Federal agents kill 2nd person in Minneapolis
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Anti-ICE agitators clashed with federal agents at a Minneapolis hotel, with multiple arrests made, after Border Patrol killed an American citizen over the weekend.
But Gov. Tim Walz and local officials say it’s the Trump administration that has sown chaos. Walz deployed the state’s National Guard to Minneapolis in the aftermath of Pretti’s killing, which he called “sickening.”
Protester shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis was an ‘American citizen’ and licensed gun owner, city officials say - Federal officials have said Alex Pretti, 37, was threatening federal officers with a handgun and preparing to kill them,
The second fatal shooting this month of an American citizen in Minneapolis at the hands of a federal agent has ratcheted up tensions in the city once again.
Democratic officials and protesters on the streets are demanding that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis.
Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke out after ICU nurse Alex Pretti was was killed in a Minneapolis shooting by federal agents, the second person to be fatally shot in less than a month.
The Minneapolis man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent today has been identified as Alex Pretti. Trump administration and Minnesota officials offer starkly different accounts of the shooting. Follow for live updates.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was identified by his parents to The Associated Press. "He cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis," his father said.