Video shows Alex Pretti clash with federal agents a week before he was killed
A representative for the Pretti family confirmed to Sky's US partner network NBC News that the man in the video is Alex Pretti. He can be seen in the video with a holstered handgun behind his back.
Thursday 29 January 2026 03:55, UK
New footage has emerged of Alex Pretti in an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis, 11 days before he was shot dead.
The video, shared by outlet The News Movement, shows Mr Pretti, 37, at the corner of East 36th and Park Avenue on 13 January, where federal agents were blocking a street.
It was just four days after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good in her vehicle in nearby Portland Avenue South, and 11 before Mr Pretti was shot dead by immigration enforcement agents last Saturday.
Mr Pretti's family have confirmed it is him in the new footage.
Paste BN has not been able to verify what happened in the build-up to the incident.
What does the video show?
As the agents start driving away from the crowd of observers, Mr Pretti appears to spit at the vehicle.
He then is seen kicking the vehicle's taillight, before kicking it again and knocking it loose.
An agent then got out of the vehicle, grabs him and pushes him to the ground.
During the altercation, agents fire tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd.
They continue to hold the man down before he breaks free.
A gun can be seen holstered behind his back as he shouts at the officials, who are retreating.
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What's been said about the footage?
A representative for the Pretti family confirmed to Sky's US partner network NBC News that the man in the video is Mr Pretti.
Steve Schleicher, the attorney for the Pretti family, said in a statement: "A week before Alex was gunned down in the street - despite posing no threat to anyone - he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents.
"Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex's killing at the hands of ICE on Jan 24."
A Homeland Security spokesperson added to NBC News that its investigations team is reviewing the video.
Later, Donald Trump shared the full video of the 13 January incident on Truth Social, and then reposted an X user saying "such a peaceful protester" of Mr Pretti.
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Mr Pretti, an ICU nurse who had been protesting the presence of ICE agents in the city following the death of Ms Good, was shot 10 times by two federal officers on 24 January.
Since then, top White House officials, notably Trump adviser Stephen Miller and homeland security secretary Kristi Noem, have described Mr Pretti as a "would-be assassin" as he had a gun on him at the time of his death.
Under the Second Amendment of the US Constitution, the rights of citizens to carry a gun are protected. Local officials in Minnesota have also said Mr Pretti was carrying a handgun legally at the time.
Mr Trump had appeared to distance himself from those remarks, telling reporters before a rally in Iowa: "No [I wouldn't call Mr Pretti a would-be assassin]. Not as a - no... Listen, you can't walk in with guns.
"You can't do that, but it's just a very unfortunate incident."
The agents involved in his death have been placed on leave after Mr Trump said he wanted to "de-escalate" the situation.