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U.S. Secretary of Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Alex Pretti had "reacted violently" to attempts to disarm him during Saturday's protests. Bystander footage from the scene tells a different story.
MINNEAPOLIS 鈥 President Donald Trump softened his tone Monday on the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, touting productive conversations with the governor and Minneapolis mayor as he sent the border czar to take charge of much of the enforcement effort.
A federal agent points a weapon at a person outside a hotel Sunday聽during a noise demonstration protest in response to federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.聽
A protester is pepper sprayed at close range while being detained near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Ellen Schmidt
A person holds up their hands as law enforcement deploys a thick screen of teargas on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Ben Hovland
Federal agents deploy tear gas and other munitions into a crowd of people near the intersection of 27th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis after a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Ben Hovland
A border patrol agent aims a munition launcher at a crowd of people near the intersection of 27th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis after a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Ben Hovland
Minnesota State Patrol officers pass along information on a police line on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Ben Hovland
People gather at the site where a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Ben Hovland
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks about the man in Minneapolis who was killed by a federal immigration officer earlier in the day during a news conference at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Washington. Behind Noem, from left, are Rodney Scott, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Karen Evans, acting deputy administrator of FEMA, and Gregg Phillips, head of the Office of Response and Recovery at FEMA. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Julia Demaree Nikhinson
A group of protesters use a dumpster for cover on Nicollet Avenue as federal agents fire crowd control munitions at them after agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Aaron Nesheim/Sahan Journal/Catchlight Local via AP)
Aaron Nesheim
A large crowd gathers at the scene where federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Aaron Nesheim/Sahan Journal/Catchlight Local via AP)
Aaron Nesheim
Protestors fill the intersection in Minneapolis near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)
Jack Brook
A large crowd gathers at the scene where federal agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Aaron Nesheim/Sahan Journal/Catchlight Local via AP)
Aaron Nesheim
A mattress is spray painted with "R.I.P. Alex" near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)
Jack Brook
A Minnesota State Trooper wears riot gear as protesters fill the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Ellen Schmidt
A protester screams with an injured hand while bystanders help near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Ellen Schmidt
Federal agents point weapons at protesters near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Ellen Schmidt
A protester is detained by a federal agent near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Ellen Schmidt
Protesters advance toward federal agents with their hands up near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ellen Schmidt/MinnPost via AP)
Ellen Schmidt
A protester holds a sign outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Adam Gray
A Minnesota National Guard vehicle blocks off a road near the scene of a shooting earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Adam Gray
People walk past a Minnesota National Guard vehicle blocking off a road near the scene of a shooting earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Adam Gray
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis earlier in the day Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Caroline Brehman
A demonstrator dressed as Donald Trump participates in a protest in response to the Minneapolis fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
U.S. Secretary of Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Alex Pretti had "reacted violently" to attempts to disarm him during Saturd…
A federal agent points a weapon at a person outside a hotel Sunday聽during a noise demonstration protest in response to federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.聽
