US federal law enforcement officers on Saturday fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis, the second such killing in the city in less than three weeks, as it reels from the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration enforcement that has sparked escalating protests across the US. A video circulating online shows Pretti being wrestled to the ground by several law enforcement officers before being shot what appears to be several times. “This looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement,” Bovino said. Minnesota law allows citizens to obtain permits to carry handguns in public. Walz has called the preliminary account of the shooting offered by DHS “nonsense” and “lies” and demanded federal agents leave his state.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2026 19:52 UTC