Protesters stand behind a makeshift barricade during a protest in response to the killing of Alex Pretti by a US Border Patrol agent on Saturday in Minneapolis

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Federal agents shoot and kill another US citizen in Minneapolis

By Faisal Ali and Urooba Jamal

Published On 25 Jan 202625 Jan 2026

  • In the second such killing this month, a federal immigration agent has shot a demonstrator dead in the northern city of Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota.
  • US citizen Alex Pretti, 37, was an intensive care unit nurse who protested against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.