Video: Police confirm ICE kills armed US citizen in Minneapolis after surrendering gun
Abdullateef Fowewe
Police have revealed that a 37-year-old Minneapolis man fatally shot by ICE agents outside a federal courthouse was a U.S. citizen with a valid gun permit, who surrendered his weapon without firing before being killed.
The incident unfolded around 9:03 a.m. near 26 East Street and Nicollet Avenue during protests against federal immigration operations.
According to a Minneapolis police statement captured in bystander video subtitles, officers arrived to find “an adult man with multiple gunshot wounds.”
Lifesaving efforts failed, and he was pronounced dead at Hennepin Medical Centre.
“Based on the information that we have, which is very limited, this white man is 37 years of age. He is a resident of Minneapolis and we believe him to be an American citizen,” the police states.
Video evidence shared widely on X shows Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an ICU nurse with no criminal record, intervening to protect a woman from agents.
People analyzing the footage claim it depicts Pretti handing over his surrendered gun during a ground struggle, moments before agents opened fire—directly contradicting DHS assertions of an “imminent threat.”
This is Minneapolis’ second fatal federal shooting this month, after Renee Good’s death on January 7, Dailyeconomy reports.
