Alex Pretti broke rib in clash with federal agents a week before death: CNN

Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, suffered a broken rib during a confrontation with federal immigration officers a week before his death, CNN reported Tuesday.

Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot and killed in Minneapolis by a Border Patrol agent. An intensive care nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in the city, Pretti is seen on video recording agents with his phone and attempting to assist a woman they had shoved down — before being pushed to the ground himself, disarmed and shot multiple times.

CNN reported that a week before his death, Pretti stopped his car after observing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers chasing what he said was a family on foot. Pretti said that five officers tackled him and one leaned on his back, resulting in a broken rib.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) surged Border Patrol and ICE personnel to Minneapolis earlier this month. Less than three weeks before Pretti was killed, an ICE officer fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Good, also a U.S. citizen, in her car on a Minneapolis street.

The outlet also cited records showing Pretti was later given medication consistent with such an injury.

A DHS spokesperson told The Hill that DHS law enforcement has no record of the earlier incident involving Pretti.

The deaths of Good and Pretti sparked protests against the federal presence in Minneapolis and surrounding area and calls from local and state officials for ICE and Border Patrol to leave the state.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) wrote Tuesday on the social platform X that he and Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara had a “productive conversation” with White House border czar Tom Homan.

President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota on Monday evening, as Greg Bovino, commander of the Border Patrol, is reportedly departing the state Tuesday.

Frey said that he told Homan his priority is for the federal immigration enforcement operation in the area “to end as quickly as possible.”

“I shared with Mr. Homan the serious negative impacts this operation has had on Minneapolis and surrounding communities, as well as the strain it has placed on our local police officers,” Frey noted. “I also made it clear that Minneapolis does not and will not enforce federal immigration laws, and that we will remain focused on keeping our neighbors and streets safe.”

The Minneapolis mayor also said that city leaders will continue to “stay in conversation” with Homan and his team.