Tensions have now reached a boiling point in Minneapolis after a 37-year-old man was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a physical altercation, the second fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement in the city this month.
Here’s what we know about the shooting in Minneapolis on Saturday.
What the Trump administration is saying
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The Department of the Homeland Security said Border Patrol agents were attempting to make an arrest shortly after 9 a.m. in south Minneapolis on Saturday. During that “targeted” operation “against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault,” the agents were approached by a man, identified as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, armed with a “9 mm semi-automatic handgun.”
DHS said federal agents attempted to disarm Pretti, but he “violently resisted.” One
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