MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, is being honored by a rally and march to mark one month since he was killed. 

Live aerial footage of the march can be viewed in the player above. 

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Raw footage of the rally and march will be uploaded above. 

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The Minnesota BCA says the FBI has denied them access to evidence in the shooting of Alex Pretti. FOX 9’s Soyoung Kim has the latest developments.

The backstory:

Federal agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, on the morning of Jan. 24.

It was the third shooting involving federal agents in Minnesota during January 2026, including when Renee Good was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Jan. 7.

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President Donald Trump told reporters that he wants to see a “very honorable and honest investigation” into the shooting.

The Minnesota BCA was informed on Feb. 14 that the FBI will not provide them with any evidence in the case, despite cooperation on previous investigations. 

READ MORE: Alex Pretti shooting: Minnesota BCA says FBI officially denied them access to evidence in case

The BCA says it will continue to investigate the shootings despite the lack of cooperation from the federal government.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has said she expects to have enough evidence to make a charging decision in Pretti’s shooting along with the Good and Sosa-Celis shootings. However, there are questions about whether a state case against a federal officer would survive the courts due to the Supremacy clause in the constitution.

Thousands of riders participated in a community bike ride to honor Alex Pretti a week after he was killed. 

On February 12, Tom Homan, the so-called “border czar” and special adviser appointed by Donald Trump in 2024 to lead his anti-immigration policy, announced the end of a major police operation known as “Metro Surge” aiming at arresting and deporting undocumented immigrants in Minnesota. The operation mobilized more than 3,000 agents from the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the US Customs and Border Protection. While it resulted in nearly 4,000 arrests, including 2,000 expulsions, it also led to the deaths of two American citizens.

Designed as a show of federal government strength against local asylum policies, the operation was intended to make Minnesota a laboratory for political intimidation. Instead, it turned into a setback for the Trump administration, which failed to impose its balance of power and faced resistance that it had not anticipated. In response to opposition that resonated nationwide, Trump was forced to announce on February 4 that going forward a “softer touch” regarding immigration might be necessary.

Many viewed this failure as a spontaneous democratic awakening; others saw it as a sign of the Democratic Party’s renewal. These interpretations capture part of the reality but nevertheless lack depth. The resilience of anti-ICE networks does not stem from fleeting outrage nor simple partisan alignment; rather, it proceeds from a long-term political configuration rooted in specific migration trajectories, firmly established mutual aid infrastructures and longstanding cooperation among community organizations, labor unions and local elected officials. What unfolded in January was not an improvised reaction, but the activation of a time-tested repertoire.

Community protections

Seized from the Dakota and Ojibwe nations, Minnesota was largely settled by exiles from Northern Europe who were drawn to its mining and agricultural resources. By the late 19^th century, these rural communities, which were linked to the national market by rail, became the foundation for movements that challenged the financial capitalism dominated by East Coast industrial cities. They gave rise to the Populist Party (1892) and later to the Nonpartisan League (1915), which opposed US entry into World War I and resisted the concentration of economic power.

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As immigration operations draw down in the Twin Cities, FOX 9’s Rob Olson sat down with MN Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell. Commissioner Schnell spoke about the mass confusion and discrepancies between DHS and local agencies throughout Operation Metro Surge, and his testimony before the U.S. Senate where some lawmakers were looking to figure out exactly what triggered the swarm of federal agents to Minnesota.