A forensic body language expert is challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s account of how Alex Pretti was killed, citing video footage that appears to contradict claims that the ICU nurse posed an immediate threat.Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was fatally shot by federal immigration agents during an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis on January 24, just weeks after another fatal shooting involving federal officers in the city. The Trump administration and DHS officials have defended the agents’ actions, asserting that Pretti was armed and behaving violently.
However, multiple videos from the scene complicate that narrative. While it is undisputed that Pretti legally carried a firearm in a waistband holster, footage does not show him holding or drawing the weapon.
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