Posted on 01/24/2026 12:03:40 PM PST by Morgana
A Border Patrol agent shot a 37-year-old American citizen dead in Minneapolis in a killing caught on camera.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Daily Mail that the victim was armed with two magazines, and that the gun has since been recovered by federal authorities.
The shooting occurred during what appeared to be a struggle involving multiple agents just after 9am Saturday morning near Glam Doll Donuts at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue.
Video shows agents wrestling the man to the ground before one federal agent fires multiple shots into his chest, after which the agents scatter.
This marks the third shooting in recent weeks involving federal agents in Minneapolis - coming after an ICE officer fatally shot Renee Nicole Good on January 7 and another federal agent wounded a man about a week later.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the person shot is believed to be a 37-year-old white US citizen who lived in the city. The Minnesota Star Tribune identified him as Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
During the news conference, O'Hara said the man's only contact with police, to their knowledge, was related to parking tickets.
The chief said officials have identified the man - who is believed to have had a gun permit - though his name has not yet been released. Minnesota law allows permit holders to openly carry handguns in public without concealing them.
DHS shared a photo of the firearm which was seen lying on the passenger seat of a car.
Minneapolis city officials have since addressed the emerging news on X, stating they 'are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area.'
'We are working to confirm additional details,' the department's post read. 'We ask the public to remain calm and avoid the immediate area.'
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I’ll do as I damn well please.
EV is a normal freeper, I don’t know where he has been but he used to be a prolific and regular poster, he isn’t a space alien or a plant or something.
Senseless sad story.
Hope they fully recover from the coma they were in until this story brought them out of it.
Your posts makes much more sense than those of the lefty trolls polluting FR.
"Check this person’s posting history and see if your site shows a gap from 2018- this event My page shows they fell off the map in 2018... Then this event triggered them...
That’s what my page shows, too. Good catch, delchiante.
Welcome to 2026, ev.
Where have YOU been for the past EIGHT years?
Interesting how this event woke you up, RVW."
Yes it is…….Walz and Frey have put these people at risk, this is on them. They have literally created rabid monsters by first, not cooperating with the federal government, releasing illegals from their prisons and refusing to turn them over. Secondly, holding pressers encouraging people to go into the streets and “fight”. Most importantly, demonizing ICE agents, referring to them as thugs, gestapo, Nazis which put them in a dangerous, defensive situation.
Had they been responsible leaders two people would still be ALIVE.
If they wanted to do the right way, they can march in downtown Minneapolis/St. Paul instead.
What we are seeing is mostly agitators attempting to provoke in order to get a reaction.
The Feds are not trained to deal with agitators so it's probably time for President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Thank you for pouring a good dose of logical facts into this emotional cocktail.
This is satire only. It does not convey the true feelings of the poster.
“All he did was film”
No, that’s not all he did.
Be honest now
It is probably Lawrence O’Donnell’s mole account. Or more likely, one of his accounts.
EternalVigilance was zotted.
He was an aspiring rapper too, I’m sure
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