Alex Pretti Reportedly Had Previous Run-in With Federal Agents
28th January 2026
Alex Pretti reportedly had at least one previous encounter with federal immigration officials before he was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents on Saturday.
About a week before his death, federal officers tackled Pretti, breaking one of his ribs as he was shouting and blowing a whistle while agents were attempting to make arrests in Minneapolis, CNN first reported.
Anti-ICE protesters have commonly used whistles to alert passers-by to the presence of immigration enforcement agents in the area.