Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino defended law enforcement agents on Sunday after an agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretty in Minneapolis on Saturday.
The agent shot Pretti on Saturday after the Department of Homeland Security said Pretti approached agents armed with a handgun, though video reviewed by the Washington Examiner shows Pretti holding his cellphone as he tries to intervene with a federal agent pushing a woman to the ground. Five agents attempt to subdue Pretti, and one of them removes Pretti’s firearm from the scene before another agent shoots Pretti multiple times.
It marked the second deadly shooting amid the Trump administration’s immigration operation in Minneapolis after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer killed 37-year-old Renee Good on Jan. 7.
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