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A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by Homeland Security agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, the second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minnesota this month.
Alex Pretti, identified by Minneapolis senators, is the third person shot by federal agents in the city in January and the second fatality. Pretti's death on Saturday, Jan. 24, follows the fatal shooting of Renee Good weeks earlier on Jan. 7 by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. A third person was shot on Jan. 14, but survived.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a news conference that Pretti "approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun" without specifying whether Pretty was brandishing the weapon.
Pretti, who authorities confirmed had a permit to carry a gun, is seen holding a phone, and not wielding a weapon in videos recorded by witnesses and bystanders.
