As residents visited a makeshift shrine of flowers and candles in frigid temperatures and snow to mark Saturday's fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, Trump administration officials stated that Pretti assaulted officers, compelling them to fire in self-defense. Federal agents over the past few weeks have been met by countless angry residents protesting in the city's icy streets, some of them blowing whistles. Pretti can be seen filming while a federal agent pushes away one woman and shoves another woman to the ground. Tensions in the city were already running high after a federal immigration agent fatally shot US citizen Renee Good on January 7 after approaching her in her parked vehicle. At Minnesota's request, a federal judge issued a temporary order on Saturday night forbidding the Trump administration from destroying or altering evidence related to Pretti's killing.

Source: The Telegraph January 26, 2026 04:03 UTC