"I mean, honestly, Alex being shot is the most memorable part of it. The agents are not a part of that. I think, because I watched him die. I mean, I watched him die. I remember him arching his back and his head rolling back, and he looked. It was so fast moving and but not for me. Like when they left, when they fled, which now I see that after the shooting, they decided to just scatter and save themselves, watching him die."
"I remember the feeling inside my body. I mean, of course I wish I wasn't saying that word so often, but at the same time, that's how angry and, like, I don't know if anger is the right mortified. That's just how mortified I have been feeling. And helpless. I couldn't believe what I was seeing, like what? What? And I knew he was gone because I watched it and then they come over to try to perform some type of med"
Border Patrol agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis while witnesses recorded the incident. Social media video of the shooting circulated widely and prompted chaos and outrage. A witness filmed a close-up of the killing and provided detailed footage. Witness testimony described agents laughing, counting wounds, and handling Pretti's body rather than rendering medical aid. Witnesses reported agents scattering after the shooting and failing to intervene as Pretti appeared to die at the scene. Emotional reactions from witnesses included shock, mortification, helplessness, and audible screams during the shooting.
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