Video appears to show Alex Pretti in violent encounter with fed agents days before fatal shooting
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New video shows Alex Pretti spitting at federal agents and damaging a government SUV days before he was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis.
News Movement released the video on Wednesday — reportedly recorded on Jan. 13 — showing a man who resembles Pretti, with a beard, glasses and clothing similar to the one he was wearing when he was killed.
The man is seen yelling and spitting at federal agents before kicking the taillight of a federal SUV.
When he repeatedly yells “f— you” and flashes the double middle finger, agents exit the vehicle, approach him, and take him to the ground.
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A man identified as Alex Pretti was caught on camera spitting at federal agents and vandalizing a government SUV before being fatally shot in Minnesota. (News Movement)
As the argument continued, agents fired pepper balls and tear gas at nearby agitators, but the man was eventually released.
After he walks away from the agents, what appears to be a gun is seen around his waist.
Rather than leaving the scene, he remained with other demonstrators who continued yelling obscenities at federal law enforcement.
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The video shows Alex Pretti having a violent encounter with federal agents in Minnesota just days before he was fatally shot by CBP agents. (News Movement)
Alex Pretti’s family confirmed to the Minnesota Star Tribune that the person seen in the video is Alex Pretti.
“A week before Alex was shot in the street, he was violently attacked by a group of ICE agents — even though he posed no threat to anyone,” Pretti family attorney Steve Schleicher told Fox News. “Nothing that happened a week ago could have justified Alex’s murder by ICE on January 24th.”
A 37-year-old Department of Veterans Affairs Intensive Care Unit nurse was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents while recording federal immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.
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The video shows Alex Pretti kicking the taillight of a federal vehicle before being taken down and released by federal agents. (News Movement)
Video taken during the confrontation shows him trying to help a woman who was knocked to the ground, forced to the pavement and shot by agents before she was sprayed with a chemical irritant.
The footage then shows an agent pulling a 9mm handgun, which authorities described as a suspected firearm, from his waistband as other agents fire nearly a dozen shots.
One Border Patrol agent fired a CBP-issued Glock 19, while the other fired a CBP-issued Glock 47, officials said.
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A screenshot from a video shows a law enforcement officer spraying an irritant at Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 24, 2026. (Reuters)
Before the conflict, agents were conducting enforcement operations while civilians shouted and whistled; Officials said the crowd was instructed to remain on the sidewalk to avoid interfering with law enforcement activities.
When agents tried to detain him, he resisted, leading to a physical struggle, authorities said.
During the confrontation, an unidentified Border Patrol agent was heard repeatedly yelling that the man was armed, according to the report.
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The shooting was the second fatal incident involving federal immigration officers in Minneapolis in recent weeks amid rising tensions over enforcement operations and clashes with anti-ICE demonstrators.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
