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Tensions escalate in in Minnesota after another killing : Consider This from NPR
An image of Alex Pretti is seen at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 26, 2026. On January 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, while scuffling with him on an icy roadway in Minneapolis, less than three weeks after an immigration officer fired on Renee Good, also 37, killing her in her car.
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Tensions escalate in Minneapolis after a second U.S. citizen is killed by immigration officers.
It was a deadly weekend in Minneapolis.
On Saturday, federal immigration officers fatally shot a 37-year-old ICU nurse and U.S. citizen — Alex Pretti.
Multiple videos captured the moments before, during and after the shooting.
Federal officials claim Pretti “brandished” a weapon and tried to assault officers as they conducted an immigration enforcement operation.
There is no evidence in the videos, which NPR has verified, that Pretti was ever brandishing his handgun.
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