Two and a half weeks after ICE agents murdered unarmed American citizen Renee Good in her SUV, another American citizen has been murdered by federal agents on the streets of Minneapolis. ICE Gestapo has been laying siege to Minneapolis since the start of the year, abducting people in broad daylight, harassing, arresting and assaulting citizens and causing havoc everywhere. Minnesota has fought back admirably. On Friday, Minneapolis had a general strike, with thousands of people on the street, protesting the federal government’s war against its own citizens. On Saturday, an 37-year-old American man named Alex Pretti was filming ICE agents on his phone. He stopped to help two women who were being assaulted by ICE. ICE agents swarmed him, attacked him, wrestled him to the ground and then shot him repeatedly.
Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday morning, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and hundreds of protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown, which has now resulted in two deaths.
Homeland Security officials said that an agent had fired on a man with a handgun after an “armed struggle.” In video verified by The New York Times, several federal agents can be seen wrestling a man onto the sidewalk while at least one strikes him with an object. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds, according to a Times analysis.
Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis police said that investigators have identified the victim and believe he was an American citizen. In a news conference, Mayor Jacob Frey accused the Trump administration of terrorizing his city. “How many more residents, how many more Americans, need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” he asked. At least two other people have been shot by federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis this month — one in the leg, and another, Renee Good, 37, in the face, killing her.
The Department of Homeland Security had previously posted an account on social media, saying the episode started with “a targeted operation” seeking a person in the country illegally who was wanted for assault. Another man approached Border Patrol agents “with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun,” the department said, and the agents tried to disarm him.
Videos on social media that were verified by The New York Times contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting of a man by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning. The Department of Homeland Security said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him.
It’s more than likely that Alex Pretti had permission to carry. The Second Amendment exists, and many states allow citizens to carry guns and/or carry concealed. Arguing that Pretti was armed means nothing, especially given that DHS has been caught in thousands of lies already. Specifically with this murder, they immediately lied and said Pretti was threatening them with a weapon. He was not. His phone was in his hand, not his weapon, as you can plainly see in the videos. I’m including one angle of this man’s murder where you can see the ICE agent simply pull out his weapon and begin to shoot. Pretti’s family has already released a heartbreaking statement about his murder. He was a 37-year-old Veterans Affairs nurse who was murdered in broad daylight because he tried to help women from being assaulted and terrorized by fascists.
🚨JUST IN: The U.S. citizen killed by ICE is Alex Jeffrey Pretti of south Minneapolis.
As you cope with another murder, remember he wasn’t killed by one ICE officer. He was assisted by Donald Trump, JD Vance, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, and Tom Homan.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) January 24, 2026
Drop Site obtained harrowing footage of the latest killing which appears to be from the perspective of the woman in pink filming from the sidewalk pic.twitter.com/VheZfVSmoE
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) January 24, 2026
“Please get the truth out about our son.” pic.twitter.com/0TNW7H5qum
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) January 25, 2026
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I just feel sick about this, and about the five year old boy they detained, and about all of it. This is exactly what everyone who actually knows history knew was coming, and tried to warn about.
Why is everyone forgetting about the u.s. citizen murdered by an off duty ice terrorist in Los Angeles!? This occurred on New Year’s and all anyone is discussing are Goode and Pretti? This is making me feel a certain kind of way and I dislike it very much
I understand exactly what you’re saying, but there’s no video of it so it’s not getting the same attention. And yes the fact that White Midwesterners are being murdered on camera in broad daylight is getting more attention because the White Nationalist regime is sending a strong message. No one is safe.
I’m not sure I can share this link, but if not I encourage everyone to search for the Guardian article on Keith Porter Jr. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/16/keith-porter-jr-ice-killing
There’s video. From so many angles. And still they lie. We can all see what happened.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
Meanwhile Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two men in cold blood during a protest in 2023, was treated as a hero, including by Trump. There is no logic with these people. Unless you look like them and agree with them, they despise you and want you dead.
Sadly there is logic. It’s hypocritical of course. Who has the right to own and use guns and who doesn’t. It’s 100% about who is ideologically aligned with the regime and who is not. In 2023 the regime was on pause but their white nationalist base was still active.
Yes and I’ll add that the right has preached incessantly about teachers needing to be armed and now suddenly they’re clutching their pearls about a protester legally carrying a weapon. There isn’t a single principle that they won’t instantly abandon when it doesn’t suit their narrative. And sadly millions of Americans just go along with it.
We are at war, it seems, and I feel like the midterms may be suspended.
These ICE agents are nothing but Trump’s terrorists, assaulting and killing Americans. I’m so angry and just heartsick over what this administration is fomenting. Next Trump will probably declare martial law. Come on Congress! Come on Cabinet! Do your job, which is not to kiss Trump’s a$$! Protect citizens and use the damn 25th Amendment!
America has its own Gestapo. And Gregory Bovino, a US border patrol honcho, is being called out in the German media for the overcoat he loves to wear, which is a near-replica of those worn by Nazi officers.
That get-up he was wearing with the leather strap and dark tie at his press conference literally gave me chills, it was so Nazi in style.
I’m heartbroken that any of this is happening; why is it happening???why the people with the power to stop this madness are just standing by??
There will be no 25th Amendment. his cabinet is the problem. they are the ones supporting him. They are the ones egging ICE on. they are the ones lying to the press. They are the ones painting these victims as the aggressors. And Congress isn’t going to save us either.
I’m so angry, sad, and deeply concerned. Genuine question: on top of calling and writing my senators, what else can I do to help fight this?
Without bloodshed: nothing. You don’t overthrow such a regime with peaceful marches. And sometimes even civil war isn’t enough. And I wouldn’t count on any elections being held in November.
Google the ACLU of Minnesota and visit their Act page. It’s a start.
My friend created this website. It may not do much, but it is something at least:
https://www.yousworeanoath.com/
Thank you, Bearcat!
Thank you. I have once again contacted my (useless) representative to remind him of his oath. I’m in a solidly red district but getting closer to purple.
Alex was pepper sprayed trying to help a woman ICE had pushed to the ground. There is video. Someone is beating him with an unknown object around Alex’s head area. Next a person in a grey coat slips through the scrum and removes Alex’s gun from his back right pocket and the man in grey walks away. After his gun is taken from his pocket, Alex is shot over and over his arms pinned to the ground. He is held motionless on the ground by 5-6 Ice. One Ice backs away, still shooting as Ice officers shout “where’s the gun”? At no time did they assist him or start CPR as was stated. There are good videos of this on CNN.
Not only didn’t they start CPR, but again they barred a doc from administering first aid.
This time it was a pediatrician who was prevented from caring for Alex Pretti.
Apparently one of the videos is showing some of these ICE thugs high-fiving after the murder.
I didn’t look because I can’t, same as with all the videos that exist of the killing of Renee Good.
I was genuinely surprised by CNN coverage yesterday. It was true journalism with everyone, including Jake Tapper, focused on getting the truth out rather than both sides 💩. And it really helps that Sara Sidner is back in Minneapolis just as she was during the George Floyd protests. She should be made an honorary citizen of Minneapolis because she kept emphasizing that the south Minneapolis neighborhood where Mr. Pretti was murdered is usually very peaceful and pleasant with its multicultural vibe. She was even badly tear gassed at one point. An absolute 🪖. More of this from the media please!
This is so tragic. There was no reason to shoot him.
This was not merely a murder. It was a warning. If (when) these thugs get away with murdering a white, cisgender, US citizen man in broad daylight with multiple witnesses, what horrors will they inflict with impunity upon the rest of us?
I also feel they murdered him because they could not stand the fact that someone who looked like them did not support them. They just had to eliminate a perceived traitor to their “cause.”
Democracy dies in darkness, and the sun has set on the U.S.
I’m praying for the sun to set on Trump and his cronies!
It’s terrifying. and that’s why they’re doing it. They’re showing us that they can kill anyone they want, make up a reason, it can all be caught on video, and they’ll still high five each other and walk away with zero consequences. they want people to be too afraid to protest.
What’s happening?
People being shot repeatedly- what kind of animals are these ICE agents? They’re more than murderers.
Yesterday’s murder was committed by Border Patrol. There are more of them and they are more brutal than ICE.
The people asking about why the cabinet isn’t stopping him are not paying attention…his cabinet is filled with people who wanted ALL of this. Every single one of them is all-in on this authoritarian regime because they now have power and are making money and there is no way they are letting go. Congress only has so much they can do, they told the administration that they had to release the files and look what happened…nothing. The administration doesn’t follow the law but there isn’t anyone who will be able to stop them. This is terrifying and we all said this would happen. Unfortunately because of the propaganda machine there are still so many people who think these murders were self defense or that these innocent people were actually domestic terrorists. I don’t see a way to stop this anymore.
It cannot be emphasized enough what Gov. Walz said yesterday about ICE and BP NOT 🚫 being law enforcement. Even when they operate normally rather than being staffed by militias and insurrectionists, they have no authority over American citizens. Yet, they are murdering American citizens on the street and kidnapping kids in broad daylight. We must not let the regime normalize this lawlessness. Because that is their goal. They want us to surrender all our rights when we encounter them because “law enforcement!”. Again, they are not. Don’t fall for it, no matter how much they gaslight and lie.
These are nothing but lynch mobs acting under color of law. This whole era will be a stain on our history.
Any American who isn’t doing something to stop this is enabling these thugs. They will come for anyone and have more than shown this by killing this man in cold blood. No one is safe.
The general strike in Minneapolis was a start, but this needs to go well beyond that.
I am terrified. I have small children. I am in Canada, minutes from the border. This can’t end well for any of us. What are you doing, America?! Where is your Congress?!
I was in Minneapolis last night for my son’s bday part and as we drove through a neighborhood there were multiple large groups of people holding vigils outside in the freezing cold. What Trump is doing is awful but how Minneapolis is responding is great.
Reading about this has made me feel physically ill. They shot him 10 times? He was a VA nurse who took care of Vets.