"While this lack of cooperation is concerning and unprecedented, the BCA is committed to thorough, independent and transparent investigations of these incidents, even if hampered by a lack of access to key information and evidence, added Drew Evans. He added that the agency remained committed to a joint investigation and said it would continue to pursue all legal avenues to gain access to relevant information and evidence."
"Pretti was shot on 24 January by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials in Minneapolis during the Trump administration's surge of immigration enforcement operations in the city. His killing came just two weeks after an immigration official shot and killed Renee Good and 10 days after the shooting of Julio C Sosa-Celis."
"On Monday, Minnesota's bureau of criminal apprehension (BCA), a state-level criminal investigative law enforcement agency, said the FBI had formally notified it that it would not share any information or evidence related to Pretti's shooting."
Minnesota investigators say the FBI will not share any information or evidence about the killing of Alex Pretti, who was shot on 24 January by Customs and Border Protection officials during a surge of immigration enforcement. The killing followed closely on the heels of two other deaths linked to immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the FBI formally notified it of the refusal, and officials call the lack of cooperation unprecedented and obstructive. The governor demanded an impartial investigation, and the BCA said it will pursue legal avenues and continue independent, transparent inquiries despite limited access.
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