BREAKING NEWS: Federal agents fatally shoot another Minneapolis resident; BCA says feds deny access to shooting scene

Federal agents in Minneapolis shot and killed another person in south Minneapolis Saturday morning. The shooting comes as tensions over a surge in ICE enforcement actions and the earlier fatal shooting of Renee Good have the area on high alert.

According to Minneapolis police, the person killed was a 37-year-old man. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said he was believed to be a Minneapolis resident. He had no prior criminal record. He was an intensive care unit nurse named Alex Jeffrey Pretti.

The shooting occurred near Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street in south Minneapolis at about 9 a.m., as temperatures hovered around 10 degrees below zero.

What to know about the fatal shooting in south Minneapolis

The man fatally shot by a federal agent was an ICU nurse named Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey submitted a formal request to Gov. Tim Walz for the Minnesota National Guard to help reinforce local law enforcement.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says that, even though the BCA obtained a judge’s signed search warrant, DHS representatives still blocked them from accessing the scene of the shooting.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said, “Minnesota has had it,” and called on the Trump administration to pull ICE agents from Minneapolis, characterizing their efforts an “absolute abomination.” He also said the federal administration is telling people not to believe what they “can see with your own eyes.”

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that agents fired “defensive shots” after “an individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.” McLaughlin said the officers attempted to disarm the subject but the person “violently resisted.” O’Hara said the man had a permit to carry.

Saturday’s killing comes less than three weeks after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good, also 37 years old, in south Minneapolis.