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FEDERAL AGENTS KILL A 37-YEAR-OLD MINNEAPOLIS MAN  
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Ernesto Londoño, Devon Lum, Hamed Aleaziz and Mitch Smith
January 24, 2026
The New York Times
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_ The man, a registered nurse, was an American citizen with no
criminal record, the city police chief said. Videos contradict the
federal government’s description of the shooting, a New York Times
analysis found. _

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Here’s the latest.
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Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on
Saturday, prompting renewed clashes between law enforcement officers
and protesters demanding an end to the Trump administration’s
immigration crackdown. Colleagues and a senior law enforcement
official identified the man who was shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an
intensive-care nurse.

Videos analyzed by The New York Times contradict accounts given by
Homeland Security officials about the shooting. They said the man
approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to
“massacre” them. Footage of the encounter shows the man holding a
phone in his hand, not a gun, when agents take him to the ground and
shoot him.

Federal officials posted images of a handgun they said the man was
carrying. Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis police said the man
was an American citizen with no criminal record, and had a valid
firearms permit. Open carry is legal in Minnesota
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A colleague of Mr. Pretti, Dimitri Drekonja, said he worked in the
intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis.
“He was a really great colleague and a really great friend,” Mr.
Drekonja said. “The default look on his face was a smile.”

In a news conference, Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis accused the
Trump administration of terrorizing his city. “How many more
Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?”
he asked. At least two other people have been shot there by federal
agents this month, including Renee Good, 37, who was killed on Jan. 7.

Here’s what else to know:

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FEDERAL CLAIMS: Gregory Bovino, the official in charge of President
Trump’s Border Patrol operations, said without evidence that Mr.
Pretti had “wanted to do maximum damage.” Gov. Tim Walz of
Minnesota disputed the claim that he posed a threat. “Thank God we
have video!” he told reporters. “It’s nonsense people, it’s
nonsense and it’s lies.”

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MULTIPLE SHOTS: Agents appear to have fired at least 10 shots within
five seconds at Mr. Pretti after taking him to the ground, according
to a Times analysis
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of social media videos. Chief O’Hara said investigators believe that
at least two agents opened fired.

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NEIGHBOR’S ACCOUNT: Jeanne Winter, a neighbor of Mr. Pretti,
described him as a pleasant man who would often walk his dog around
their Minneapolis neighborhood, greeting people along the way. “This
is not a violent person,” Ms. Winter said.

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STREET PROTESTS: Dozens of protesters at the site of the shooting blew
whistles and angrily demanded that police officers arrest the federal
agents. In response, law enforcement officials deployed tear gas and
flash bangs to drive the crowd away.

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TRUMP RESPONSE: The president blamed local politicians
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and police officials for the shooting on social media, and accused Mr.
Frey and Gov. Walz of “inciting insurrection.” Mr. Walz said Mr.
Trump “must end this operation.” He added, “Minnesota has had
it.”

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INVESTIGATORS BLOCKED: Drew Evans, who heads the Minnesota Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension, said federal agents had blocked state
investigators at the scene of Saturday’s shooting. Mr. Evans said
his agency took the rare step of obtaining a search warrant to access
the shooting scene on a public sidewalk, but have been stymied.

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which describes itself as an
“unapologetic defender of the Second Amendment,” released a
statement saying it was “deeply concerned” by the shooting and
calling for an investigation by state and federal officials. It noted
that many facts remained unknown.

“Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms —
including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising
their First Amendment rights,” the group’s statement said.
“These rights do not disappear when someone is lawfully armed, and
they must be respected and protected at all times.”

Democrats condemn shooting as senators prepare to consider funding for
ICE.
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[Senator Ruben Gallego is talking and walking, in the middle of a
group of reporters holding phone and recording.]

Senator Ruben Gallego, Democrat of Arizona, was among Democratic
senators who said they would not vote for legislation that includes
additional funding for the Department of Homeland
Security.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times

Democratic leaders in Congress on Saturday condemned the Trump
administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota hours after
federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident.

“Masked and lawless DHS agents have brutally killed another American
citizen in Minneapolis,” Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York,
the minority leader, said in a statement. “Donald Trump’s
extremists have unleashed this carnage on the streets of America. They
must all be held criminally accountable to the full extent of the
law.”

Trump and other federal officials try to put blame on local officials
and man who was killed.
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[President Trump looks down and to the side, his lips sort of pursed.]


President Trump accused local politicians, including Governor Tim Walz
and Jacob Frey, the mayor of Minneapolis, of “inciting
Insurrection.”Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump moved swiftly on Saturday to try to shift the blame
for another shooting death in Minneapolis away from the federal agents
involved in the incident, claiming instead that it was the result of
inflammatory rhetoric by local officials and the victim himself.

Members of Mr. Trump’s administration also quickly labeled the man,
whom Minneapolis police said was 37 years old and an American citizen,
as a “domestic terrorist” and a would-be-assassin hours after the
morning shooting, before all the facts were yet known or an
investigation could take place.

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