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U.S. immigration agents shot and killed a U.S. citizen during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Saturday.
The US Department of Homeland Security said agents fired in self defense after 37 year old Alex Pretti, a nurse from Minneapolis, resisted attempts to disarm him, though details of the incident have not been fully disclosed.
Local leaders and community members questioned this account, highlighting that state investigators were denied access to the scene and calling for the immediate removal of federal agents from the city.
Pretti’s death, the second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis in less than a month, sparked widespread protests and renewed tensions over the ongoing federal immigration crackdown, raising concerns about accountability and the presence of thousands of agents deployed to the city.
