On January 7, an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old local resident Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. Washington said it was self-defense on the part of the law enforcement officer.
The now murdered Alex Pretty was also 37 years old. worked as an intensive care unit nurse. The man died after a “heated confrontation between agents and protesters opposing the government's immigration enforcement tactics,” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara was quoted as saying by the television station.
The US Department of Homeland Security has already stated that the patrol was conducting an operation when it was approached by an armed man. The agent shot him “in self-defense” after he allegedly resisted attempts to disarm him. The ministry released a photo of the semi-automatic pistol. Police admit that Pretty legally owned the weapon and had a permit to carry.
At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approach US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here.
The officers attempted to… pic.twitter.com/5Y50mYONGH
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 24, 2026
The man's parents, Michael and Susan, rejected federal officials' account in an interview with The Associated Press, calling the “lies” told about their son “disgusting and reprehensible.” In a statement, they said it was clear their son was not holding the gun in the moments before the shooting. He had his phone in one hand, they said, and his other arm raised above his head, “while he was trying to protect a woman who had just been pushed by ICE, all while being pepper-sprayed.”
Video published by NBC News shows Pretty checking on a man who was pushed by federal officers. A scuffle ensued and Pretty was knocked to the ground and surrounded by agents.
