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President Trump confirmed his administration is “reviewing every little thing” within the wake of the Minneapolis capturing that left 37-year-old nurse Alex J. Pretti lifeless.
Chatting with The Wall Road Journal, Trump stopped in need of confirming whether or not the federal agent who fired the deadly pictures on Jan. 24 acted appropriately.
“We’re trying, we’re reviewing every little thing and can come out with a willpower,” Trump advised the outlet as questions mounted over the incident and the broader immigration operation within the metropolis.
Pretti, an ICU nurse, was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent whereas filming federal officers on a Minneapolis road.
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An overhead view of the massive gathering of proesters on the intersection of Nicollet Avenue and W. twenty seventh St. in south Minneapolis after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal brokers within the space early Saturday morning, January 24, 2026. (Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
The officer’s operation was concentrating on Jose Huerta-Chuma, an unlawful immigrant with a felony historical past together with home assault for intentional battle bodily hurt, disorderly conduct and driving and not using a legitimate license.
Federal officers initially claimed Pretti approached brokers with a 9 mm handgun and resisted disarmament.
Bystander video and eyewitness accounts circulating on-line raised questions on that model of occasions and whether or not Pretti was threatening officers when he was shot.
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President Donald Trump gestures whereas strolling throughout the South Garden of the White Home, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Washington, after getting back from a visit to Florida. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Picture)
“I don’t like all capturing. I don’t prefer it,” Trump stated, including that Pretti carried “a really highly effective, absolutely loaded gun with two magazines… That doesn’t play good both.”
Trump additionally tied the federal presence in Minnesota to what he described as a sprawling welfare-fraud scandal within the state, arguing that immigration enforcement was obligatory to deal with broader abuses.
“It’s the largest fraud anybody has seen,” the president stated.
The fraud claims within the state have been a central a part of the administration’s must ramp up federal operations there.
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This undated picture offered by Michael Pretti exhibits Alex J. Pretti, the person who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti through AP)
The Minneapolis capturing of Pretti additionally marked the second demise that occurred in a confrontation between federal immigration officers and civilians within the metropolis.
Renee Good was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent throughout a unique operation.
That incident fueled protests and spotlighted the function of ICE in home legislation enforcement actions.
“Sooner or later we are going to go away. We’ve achieved, they’ve achieved an outstanding job,” Trump stated with out providing a time-frame for when brokers would possibly depart.
“We’ll go away a unique group of individuals there for the monetary fraud,” he advised the outlet.
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White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt has additionally burdened cooperation amongst legislation enforcement as important.
“No person, together with President Trump, needs to see folks get shot or damage,” Leavitt stated, urging officers to work extra intently with the administration in addressing undocumented people residing within the nation illegally.
