Minnesota leaders are vowing to hold federal officials accountable for the fatal shooting on Jan. 24 by a Border Patrol agent of a 37-year-old ICU nurse, whose death has sparked fresh protests in a state already rocked by the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and registered nurse who treated veterans, was shot and killed by a federal agent after confronting immigration authorities. Federal officials said Pretti was carrying a gun he intended to use to "kill law enforcement." Videos from bystanders − and a witness account in court filings − do not show Pretty brandishing a weapon when he approached agents.
The fatal shooting comes just weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Good, 37. . Pretti’s death and the heavily disputed way it happened has deepened the already tremendous tensions between state and federal officials.
Gov. Tim Walz and other Minnesotans are promising that the state "will have the last word" on the fatal shooting that they see as the result of the Trump administration’s controversial deployment of agents in military style tactical gear.
"I have a strong statement here for our federal government," the former candidate for vice president said at a news conference hours after the shooting. "Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this. It must have the last word."
