Alex Pretti, 37, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
A 37-year-old man has died after being shot by federal agents Saturday morning in south Minneapolis, multiple sources confirm.
The incident is the third shooting involving federal immigration officers in the city in less than three weeks.
The shooting happened near the intersection of Nicollet Avenue & East 26th Street, where witnesses reported seeing federal agents struggling with a man before shots were fired. First responders began CPR at the scene and the man was transported to a hospital, where he later died, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara.
Initial radio traffic indicated the man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest.
The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed and agents recovered his gun, but additional video from the scene appears to show an agent had disarmed the man before shots were fired by multiple agents.
Just after the killing of Alex Pretti in south Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. via Bystander Video
About a week later, on Jan. 14, a second shooting occurred in north Minneapolis when a federal immigration officer shot a Venezuelan man in the leg during an operation that involved a vehicle pursuit and a physical confrontation. Authorities said the man survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
Saturday’s shooting came one day after a large, coordinated “Day of Action” in Minneapolis, where tens of thousands marched downtown and at other sites to protest the expanded federal immigration enforcement presence and recent use-of-force incidents involving federal agents.
Governor Tim Walz said he has spoken with the White House following the shooting. Authorities have not said whether any body-worn camera footage exists or when more information will be released.
UPDATE: The man killed has been identified as Alex Pretti, 37, who was an ICU nurse at the VA hospital in Minneapolis. Family members and friends say federal officials are maligning him as a “domestic terrorist,” that he was recording agents with his cell phone and that an agent had disarmed him of his pistol before Pretti was shot multiple times as he was on the ground.
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