We have the benefit of 20/20 hindsight and slow motion. Those officers did not. They heard someone say “Gun!” and something was in Pretti’s hand. It is very common for people to carry more than one weapon. It would be very difficult in all of the chaos and the very short period of time for the officers to know that it was a phone and not a weapon. At the time he was shot, Pretti was also reaching towards his right hip and holster, where he could have been concealing another weapon.
Sorry but the ICE officers involved in this were TOTALLY INCOMPETENT.