{"id":61637,"date":"2026-01-24T21:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=61637"},"modified":"2026-01-24T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:57:18","slug":"minneapolis-live-updates-videos-appear-to-contradict-federal-account-of-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/01\/24\/minneapolis-live-updates-videos-appear-to-contradict-federal-account-of-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis Live Updates: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ernesto Londo\u00f1o reported from the scene in Minneapolis. The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An I.C.U. nurse was shot by federal agents, was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning, prompting renewed protests and clashes in a city where tensions have reached a breaking point after weeks of aggressive federal immigration enforcement. As dusk fell, Minnesota officials deployed the National Guard in an effort to prevent further violence.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Colleagues and a senior law enforcement official identified the man who was shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse. Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict the accounts of federal officials, who said Mr. Pretti approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to \u201cmassacre\u201d them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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David Guttenfelder\/The New York Times
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David Guttenfelder\/The New York Times
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