Overview
- Verified bystander footage and witness accounts show Alex Pretti holding a phone with his hands up as agents fired, contradicting early federal claims that he brandished a gun.
- Homeland Security notified Congress that a Border Patrol agent and a Customs and Border Protection officer both discharged their weapons and were placed on paid administrative leave.
- National Nurses United and federal worker groups led a coordinated week of action with candlelight vigils and rallies from Minneapolis to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Cincinnati, Chesapeake and Augusta.
- Minneapolis police said Pretti legally owned a firearm and had a permit to carry, a detail cited in coverage challenging the initial federal narrative.
- VA employees say national leaders initially told the Minneapolis VA to pause an internal memorial for Pretti; a service has been rescheduled as calls grow for transparency, oversight, and limits on ICE/CBP funding.