Federal agents kill 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis; videos dispute officials' account

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man, Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis during protests, the second civilian killed in the city this month amid an immigration crackdown. According to the report, agents wrestled Pretti to the ground while he was filming on his phone and trying to help a fellow protester, and then shot him multiple times.

The Trump administration said Pretti had approached agents with a handgun and the intent to "massacre" them, but eyewitness video footage quickly emerged indicating he never drew his concealed pistol and had been disarmed when he was killed. Pretti, described as a U.S. citizen with no known criminal record who worked as a nurse at the city’s veterans hospital and held a legal permit to carry a firearm, was mourned by neighbors and colleagues as "passionate and kindhearted." People who knew him denounced what they called a smear campaign by the government, and the Pretti family said in a statement, "Please get the truth out about our son.

He was a good man." The shooting prompted large protests across the U.S. After the killing, federal authorities blocked state and local investigators from the scene, and a judge issued a late-night order barring federal officials from destroying evidence, while the administration repeated accusations that the report described as baseless.