Alex Pretti's killing was recorded on body-worn camera video, DHS says

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Jan. 26, 2026, 12:45 PM EST / Updated Jan. 26, 2026, 1:34 PM EST


Investigators are reviewing body-worn camera video from immigration agents in the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. Homeland Security investigators have videos recorded by multiple agents on multiple cameras, department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said.

The agents involved in the Pretti shooting were part of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, an elite specialized force, McLaughlin said. Two law enforcement officials told NBC News that unit has more body-worn cameras. Pretti was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday, the city's second fatal shooting by a federal officer this month amid the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration in Minnesota.

The encounter was recorded by eyewitnesses, and videos circulated widely on social media throughout the weekend. The Department of Homeland Security has said an agent shot Pretti in self-defense after he violently resisted attempts to disarm him. But eyewitness videos taken from various angles appear to contradict elements of the department's account of events.

The existence of body-worn camera video could help clarify some of the basic facts of the shooting and potentially serve as evidence in legal proceedings related to the weekend violence.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dhs-says-body-worn-camera-video-fatal-shooting-alex-pretti-rcna255978

[Klarkashton]

1. Can you imagine the editing and AI that is at work on this?

[BumRushDaShow]

5. That's why they wanted the TRO to preserve the evidence

There are tools out there that can spot fakery (particularly since AI is still in its infancy).

[yardwork]

11. Yes, I can imagine what the fascists are doing.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

18. They can AI and edit all the body worn cameras they want,

but they can't do so to all the other civilian videos out there that have already been circulating on the net.

[orangecrush]

2. ...

[bronxiteforever]

3. Just coming out now. Highly suspicious.

[Prairie Gates]

4. "elite specialized force"

Really, because they looked like a bunch of fucking morons.

[Klarkashton]

6. Elite morons.

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Specialized morons

[rpannier]

22. Imagine what the non-elite group looks like

I don't have to, it's Dean Cain and Lou Ferrigno

[C_U_L8R]

7. What will AI hallucinate next?

The Trump regime is so untrustworthy, who is going to believe them?

[Jilly_in_VA]

8. They will edit the footage

to make their guys look like they're in the right. Never doubt that for a minute.

[popsdenver]

20. And then, after they do their AI enhancements........

rushed to Fox News to play on a loop for a month..........the U.S. Republican Government's version of PRAVDA.........

[Biglinda 52]

9. Why Did It Take So Long

for them to think up this one? Morons!

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Guess it's being edited to confirm DHS' story.

[Rebl2]

12. You can

be sure it will be manipulated or edited to their benefit.

[Solly Mack]

13. ...

[surrealAmerican]

15. If the body cam footage showed anything that made the victim look like a threat ...

... we would have seen it already.

[Figarosmom]

16. I'm sure that will disappear

Just like the shooter did.

[llmart]

17. I even doubt any one of them wore a body camera.

DHS ordered one online from Amazon to be shipped overnight and uploaded a fake AI video to confirm everything they have told the public to believe.

Too bad there were several witnesses with their own videos and reports.

[IronLionZion]

19. Just wait until they "find" some engravings on bullets

[Grumpy Old Guy]

21. An elite, specialized force?

They didn't look like that to me.