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Minneapolis shooting latest: Video shows victim Alex Pretti aiding fallen bystander before killing by federal agents
State officials accuse federal agents of obstructing their access to crime scene
Mike Bedigan, Erin Keller, Josh Marcus & Arpan RaiSunday 25 January 2026 07:29 GMTThe man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis Saturday has been named as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse.
Federal officials accused Pretti of attempting to assassinate officers with a pistol.
Publicly available video doesn’t show Pretti pointing or drawing any weapon and threatening officers.
Another video shows him attempting to stand between federal agents and a person one of them has just pushed to the ground.
A group of about six officers then stand over Pretti and wrestle him to the ground, scattering after shots ring out. One angle of the encounter seems to show an officer pulling a pistol resembling the one found on Pretti just before the shooting begins.
Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara said Pretti was a “lawful gun owner” with a permit.
Federal officials didn’t provide any footage or a detailed timeline of the encounter, merely pointing to the gun as evidence Pretti was attempting an attack.
State officials accused federal agents of obstructing their access as they sought to investigate the crime scene.
Pretti’s is the second fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester in less than three weeks, after a federal agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, earlier this month.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ting-minneapolis-latest-updates-b2907013.html

