"Since Pretti's Jan. 24 killing in Minneapolis, the federal government has provided no evidence to substantiate early statements that he attacked law enforcement and shared no details about what happened before the confrontation and in the moments leading to Border Patrol officers shooting him. Pretti, 37, was a U.S. citizen who worked as an intensive care unit nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital."
"Bovino said, "This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement." Noem and Bovino said Border Patrol agents were trying to arrest an immigrant illegally in the U.S. who has a criminal history. Minnesota's Department of Corrections said the person had not been convicted of all the crimes Noem and Bovino described."
Video footage undermines early statements by administration officials about the Jan. 24 killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The federal government has provided no evidence to support claims that Pretti attacked law enforcement or to explain events immediately before the shooting. Pretti, 37, was a U.S. citizen and an intensive care unit nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital. Verified social media videos show him holding a cellphone, directing traffic, and trying to help a woman pushed to the ground, while officials said he "brandished" a handgun. Senior officials labeled him a "domestic terrorist" and alleged assassination intent; state corrections records and his parents dispute those claims.
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