Alex Pretti: What We Know

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Alex Pretti, 37, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA medical center, was shot and killed by federal officers on Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis, during Operation Metro Surge. On Oct. 27, 2026, his parents held their first news conference, saying they still have no answers. No one has been charged.

What's confirmed

1. Jan. 24, 2026"Federal officers shot and killed Alex Pretti on January 24," U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud wrote in Doc. 24 (Feb. 2, 2026), Minnesota BCA and Hennepin County Attorney's Office v. Noem, No. 26-cv-628 (D. Minn.). COURT RECORD
2. The BCA and the Hennepin County Attorney sued on the day of the shooting for access to the evidence federal agents collected. COURT RECORD, Doc. 24
3. Early accountsDHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti "attacked" officers while "brandishing" a weapon; White House adviser Stephen Miller called him a "would-be assassin." PolitiFact; NBC News
4. Video analyzed by ABC News and other outlets shows an agent removing a holstered handgun from Pretti before shots were fired. Pretti had a permit to carry. ABC News; CBS Minnesota
5. Jan. 27Miller told CNN: "We are evaluating why the CBP team may not have been following that protocol." ABC News / CNN
6. The Justice Department announced a civil rights investigation, led by the FBI (Jan. 30). In February the BCA said the FBI told it no evidence would be shared. This summer federal officials began sharing, then, the state says, stopped. Fox News; KSTP; WVTM; ABC News
7. Oct. 27BCA Superintendent Drew Evans says the state has not received the officers' firearms, the gun taken from Pretti before he was shot, the officers' cellphones, projectiles and casings, or a recording of a statement from one officer. CBS Minnesota
8. Michael Pretti, Oct. 27"We have not heard anything from the federal government." CBS Minnesota
9. The family asks that the agents who fired be identified, that the FBI confirm its investigation is active, and that Alex's belongings be returned. CBS Minnesota
10. No charges have been filed against the agents involved. CBS Minnesota; KSTP

What we don't know / what's disputed

• Whether federal charges will come, and whether the FBI's case is still active. The U.S. Attorney's office declined to comment on Oct. 27 (KSTP).
• When Minnesota will receive the rest of the evidence.
• Family contact: the family's attorney, Steven Schleicher, says U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen met the family on July 13 and the meeting "raised more questions than answers." A Justice Department spokesperson told ABC News that contact with families typically comes later, not during an investigation.
• The agents involved have not been charged, so we do not name them.

What happens next

No court date or charging decision has been announced. We will update this page if that changes.

Chapters

1. 0:00Alex Pretti investigation: nine months on
2. 0:22Alex Pretti: who he was
3. 0:57Alex Pretti shooting: first account vs. video
4. 1:34Pretti investigation: who has the evidence
5. 2:25Pretti family: what they're asking
6. 3:24Alex Pretti case: where it stands

Sources

1. CBS Minnesota (Oct. 27, 2026) Reportingcbsnews.com/minnesota/news/alex-prettis-parents-hold-first-press-conference-since-border-patrol-killing-minneapolis/
2. KSTP (Oct. 27, 2026) Reportingkstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/alex-prettis-parents-holding-first-news-conference-since-deadly-metro-surge-shooting/
3. Opinion and Order, Doc. 24, No. 26-cv-628 (D. Minn., Feb. 2, 2026) Primary recordstorage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230788/gov.uscourts.mnd.230788.24.0_2.pdf
4. Associated Press via KSAT (Jan. 25, 2026) Reportingksat.com/news/national/2026/01/25/minneapolis-mourns-icu-nurse-killed-by-a-border-patrol-agent-as-a-warmhearted-neighbor-and-caregiver/
5. PolitiFact (Jan. 26, 2026) Reportingpolitifact.com/article/2026/jan/26/fact-check-trump-official-noem-alex-pretti-death/
6. CNN (Oct. 26, 2026) Reportingedition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/us/alex-pretti-investigation-family
7. ABC News Reportingabc30.com/post/alex-pretti-case-family-say-have-no-answers-months-shooting-death-live/19985556/

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