Investigators are reviewing body-worn camera video of the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
The video was taken from multiple angles, according to the spokesperson.
Pretti was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday, the city’s second fatal shooting by a federal officer this month amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration in Minnesota.
The encounter was recorded by eyewitnesses, and videos circulated widely on social media throughout the weekend. The Department of Homeland Security has said an agent shot Pretti in self-defense after he violently resisted attempts to disarm harm. But eyewitness videos taken from various angles appear to contradict elements of the department’s account of events.
Pretti’s killing intensified debate over the federal government’s aggressive tactics and led to sharply contrasting accounts of what led up to it. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz blamed “untrained” federal agents, while Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino faulted local protesters and officials for “vilifying” agents and causing a “preventable tragedy.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said “every video will be analyzed, everything will be looked at” as part of the investigation into Pretti’s death. President Donald Trump said his administration is “reviewing everything” about the shooting. Trump announced Monday morning he is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota, where he will manage ICE operations on the ground.
The fatal shooting of Pretti came 17 days after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renée Nicole Good. Trump claimed Good “viciously ran over” ICE agent Jonathan Ross with her car, but videos recorded at the scene contradicted that assertion. Good’s decision sparked anti-ICE demonstrations in Minneapolis and other major U.S. cities.
Pretti and Good were both 37-year-old U.S. citizens. The Border Patrol agent who shot and killed Pretti has not been publicly identified.
Department of Homeland Security immigration officers have shot 12 people since September as the federal agency has dramatically increased deportation operations nationwide, NBC News has previously reported.
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