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Updated January 26, 2026 at 6:19 AM CST<\/b><\/p>\n

\nA man shot Saturday morning by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, federal and local officials said.<\/p>\n

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\nThe man was identified by state officials as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse and Minneapolis resident.<\/p>\n

\nThe incident marks the third shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis this month.<\/p>\n

\n“Today, federal agents beat and then shot multiple times and killed 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a U.S. citizen, a Minneapolis resident, and a V.A. nurse,” U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said in a news conference this afternoon. “Eyewitness video shows, once again, reckless, violent, and dangerous federal agents taking the life of a Minnesotan.”<\/p>\n

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he intends to seek a temporary restraining order from a judge on Monday that would immediately stop the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Earlier this month, an agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement shot and killed Renee Macklin Good, another 37-year-old Minneapolis resident and mother of three.<\/p>\n

\nThe shooting occurred shortly after 9 a.m. Central Time on the city’s South Side when federal law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation against a man the Department of Homeland Security said was undocumented and wanted for “violent assault.”<\/p>\n

\nGregory Bovino, head of U.S. Border Patrol, said a different man \u2014 the one who was fatally shot \u2014 approached Border Patrol agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. Bovino said agents attempted to disarm the man, but he “violently resisted.” The agent shot and killed the man in self-defense, according to Bovino.<\/p>\n

\n“This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a social media post.<\/p>\n

Bystander video, posted to social media and not independently confirmed by NPR, appears to contradict DHS’ account of the shooting. The footage appears to show multiple federal agents surrounding a man on the ground, with several punching him and trying to restrain him before an agent shoots him. It’s unclear whether the man brandished or tried to use the firearm that federal officials said he had in his possession.<\/p>\n

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\nMinneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference Saturday afternoon that Pretti’s only known interaction with police was for traffic tickets.<\/p>\n

\n“We believe he is a lawful gun owner with a permit to carry,” O’Hara said.<\/p>\n

\nPretti was shot multiple times, possibly by more than one federal officer, O’Hara said. He was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

\n“We were not provided any public safety statement around the incident\u2026” he said.<\/p>\n

\nBovino said the officer who fired the shots was “highly trained” and has worked as a Border Patrol agent for the last eight years. He said the shooting remains under investigation.<\/p>\n

\nMacklin Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7 in her SUV as she drove away after partially blocking a Minneapolis street.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 14, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celia, a Venezuelan national, was shot in the leg by immigration officers during an altercation with those agents.<\/p>\n

\n“Minnesota has had it,” Gov. Tim Walz posted on social media this morning. “This is sickening.”<\/p>\n

\nWalz posted that he spoke with someone from the White House after the shooting and called on President Trump to end the immigration operation immediately.\n<\/p>\n

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