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The United States Attorney General is urging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to support federal law enforcement efforts and immigration policy, hours after a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident was fatally shot a Border Patrol agent.
(AP) - Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while use-of-force experts criticized the Trump administration’s justification of the killing, saying bystander footage contradicted its narrative of what prompted it.
Federal agents shot and killed a man Saturday morning in south Minneapolis, city officials confirmed. It’s the third shooting involving federal law enforcement this month, following the deadly shooting of Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7 and a shooting on Jan. 14 that wounded a man who had fled from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Alex Pretti shooting follows fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good weeks earlier. Minneapolis gun laws allowed Pretti to carry a weapon. See the timeline.
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Minneapolis shooting: National Guard activated after man killed by Border Patrol
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has asked for assistance from the Minnesota National Guard after Saturday morning's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man by a Border Patrol agent during a targeted immigration enforcement operation.
MINNEAPOLIS — The man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Saturday has been identified as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who served veterans, the Minnesota attorney general said in a statement.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks following another fatal shooting. A man was shot and killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, according to the city’s police chief. The Department of Homeland Security says the man was armed,