Outrage grows over Alex Pretti shooting in Minnesota – The Latest

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2026-01-27

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US federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, the second such killing in the city in less than three weeks. Pretti was an intensive care nurse with no criminal record, yet authorities raced to portray him as a violent ‘gunman’ who threatened to ‘massacre’ law enforcement. Video evidence directly contradicts this account. Protests have since erupted across the US and the Trump administration has said it is ‘reviewing’ the incident. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian columnist Moira Donegan. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • These killings, they are galvanizing public opinion quite strongly in the US against ICE.

  • And you know what you saw?

  • And then you heard the most powerful people in the world sullying his name.

  • within minutes.

  • What we know of Alex Pretty from those who knew him was very different from the picture of a domestic terrorist being put forward by the Trump administration,

  • right?

  • He worked in a hospital for veterans.

  • There is more outrage across America as the Trump administration continues to push lies over the killing of a man in Minneapolis.

  • From the Guardians today in focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

  • I'm joined by Moira Donegan, Guardian Columnist.

  • Thank you for being with us, Moira.

  • I know it's early where you are in California.

  • So let's talk about what happened on Saturday where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot by federal agents on a street in Minneapolis,

  • less than a month after another shooting of another 37-year-old US citizen,

  • Renaela Colgood, earlier this month.

  • The footage, I mean,

  • lots of our listeners will have seen the footage that was captured by multiple eyewitnesses at the scene.

  • But tell me what we can ascertain as facts from the footage that's available.

  • Yeah.