"Protesters have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, in the state of Minnesota, after a United States Border Patrol agent killed a US citizen, heightening tensions in a city already shaken by a deadly shooting just weeks earlier of a mother of three. Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara told reporters that a 37-year-old man, a Minneapolis resident, died in hospital on Saturday after being shot multiple times."
"After the shooting, an angry crowd gathered, and protesters clashed with federal officers, who wielded batons and deployed flashbang grenades. The Minnesota National Guard was assisting local police at the direction of Governor Tim Walz, officials said. Guard troops were sent to the site of the shooting and to a federal building where officers have been facing off with demonstrators on a daily basis."
A United States Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse who died in hospital after being shot multiple times. Pretti had previously protested immigration policies. An angry crowd gathered and protesters clashed with federal officers who used batons and flashbang grenades. The Minnesota National Guard assisted local police at Governor Tim Walz's direction, deploying troops to the shooting site and a federal building. DHS said officers fired defensive shots after a man with a handgun approached and resisted disarmament. Bystander videos show Pretti holding a mobile phone without a visible weapon. The shooting was about one mile from where ICE officer Renee Good was killed on January 7.
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