STORY: Dozens of people in Minneapolis laid flowers, sang and prayed at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis on Saturday (January 24) for Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen shot and killed by immigration agents, in the second such incident this month.

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security said a Border Patrol agent fired in defense after a man who had a handgun resisted their attempts to disarm him.

Local leaders questioned that account, which Reuters could not verify and which videos circulated online appeared to contradict.

Pretti has been identified in local media and social media as a 37-year-old nurse who worked at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis.

In bystander videos verified by Reuters, Pretti can be seen standing in the street and filming agents with his cellphone. The videos show one of the agents apparently deploying pepper spray at Pretti and other protesters. While Pretti attempts to block the spray and help other protesters, several agents wrestle him to the ground and begin striking him with blows to the head and body. As they hold Pretti on the ground, one of the agents draws his weapon and multiple shots are fired. Pretti's body can be seen in the street.

The shooting drew hundreds of protesters to the neighborhood to confront the armed and masked agents, who deployed tear gas and flashbang grenades.

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SHOWS: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 24, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. MINNEAPOLIS ACTIVISTS GATHERED AT MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL WHERE ALEX PRETTI WAS FATALLY SHOT BY FEDERAL AGENTS, ACTIVISTS SINGING (TO THE TUNE OF 'WE SHALL OVERCOME':) "Deep in our hearts, we do believe, our neighbors will be safe someday." / MAN SAYING: "We will not forget. We will not forget Renee and Alex."

2. NATIVE AMERICAN MAN SPREADING INCENSE AROUND MEMORIAL AS 'AMAZING GRACE' PLAYS

3. PERSON LAYING DOWN FLOWERS

4. PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO CROSS WITH SIGN READING 'ALEX PRETTI'

5. WIDE OF MEMORIAL AS WOMAN LAYS FLOWERS

6. PEOPLE STANDING NEXT TO CROSS/ SIGN READING 'ALEX PRETTI'

7. WOMAN SPREADING FLOWER PETALS AS FLUTE PLAYS

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE KNEELING IN FRONT OF CANDLES, INCENSE AND FLOWER MEMORIAL

9. SIDE VIEW OF MEMORIAL WITH PEOPLE PUTTING DOWN CANDLES

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE KNEELING IN FRONT OF MEMORIAL WITH CANDLES AND INCENSE AS INDIGENOUS MUSIC PLAYS

11. WIDE OF MEMORIAL WITH PEOPLE KNEELING AND PEOPLE LAYING DOWN FLOWERS