The Trump administration said the officer who shot her was in danger of being run over. Moore said he was trained in the 1980s to avoid engaging with moving vehicles, yet “40 years later, you see not just one occasion but multiple occasions of those tactics” from immigration agents. The Trump administration said that Pretti had a gun, and that the officers had acted in self-defense. Gupta said the immigration agents’ tactics were “out of line” with local, state and federal policing standards and “offensive to all of that work that has been done” to establish those standards. Rob Bonta reminded California law enforcement that they have the right to investigate federal agents for violating state law.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 28, 2026 15:31 UTC