NYT: Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice

Videos Appear to Contradict Federal Account of Killing
An I.C.U. nurse shot by federal agents was an American citizen with no criminal record, the city police chief said. A New York Times video analysis shows he was holding a phone, not a gun.
By Ernesto Londoño, Devon Lum, Hamed Aleaziz and Mitch Smith

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, prompting renewed clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters demanding an end to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Colleagues and a senior law enforcement official identified the man who was shot as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse.

Videos analyzed by The New York Times appear to contradict accounts given by Homeland Security officials about the shooting. They said the man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to “massacre” them. Footage of the encounter shows the man holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when agents take him to the ground.

Federal officials posted images of a handgun they said Mr. Pretti was carrying. Chief Brian O’Hara of the Minneapolis police said the victim was an American citizen with no criminal record, and had a valid firearms permit. Open carry is legal in Minnesota.

A colleague of Mr. Pretti, Dimitri Drekonja, said he worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. “He was a really great colleague and a really great friend,” Mr. Drekonja said. “The default look on his face was a smile.”

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[JCMach1]

1. Of course it does

[Chasstev365]

2. REALLY?

[malaise]

3. Duh!

That is all

[LuvLoogie]

4. "appear to"

JFC

The PTB are having a week.

[Prairie Gates]

5. Bovino's account is objectively untrue

One may certainly dispute whether he was mistaken, misinformed, or outright lying, but it's objectively untrue that Pretti approached anyone with a drawn weapon.

[UpInArms]

6. It is past time for all media to use LIE in their headline and article

Stop with the brushing near reality bullshit

[teach1st]

7. Reddit has a video of the shooting overlaid with the audio of the ICE press conference lies

It's pretty powerful.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/comments/1qlzup3/the_video_of_the_murder_overlaid_with_the/

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[CanonRay]

9. Appear? Really, fucking appear?

Jesus H Christ.