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FBI becomes lead investigator in Alex Pretti shooting
Madeleine Rivera from Fox News appeared on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to shed light on the FBI’s probe into Alex Pretti’s shooting and Border Czar Tom Homan’s initiatives aimed at easing tensions in Minneapolis.
The director of a Minnesota investigative body expressed alarm over the FBI’s “unprecedented” reluctance to collaborate on the investigation into Alex Pretti’s deadly shooting.
Drew Evans, Superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, revealed that the FBI formally communicated on Friday that it would not share information or evidence regarding Pretti’s death on January 24.
Evans further elaborated that the BCA has reiterated its request for information and evidence accessibility concerning the January 7 shooting of Renee Good and the January 14 incident involving Julio Sosa-Celis. The potential for cooperation or information sharing in these cases remains uncertain.
“Although this lack of collaboration is both concerning and without precedent, the BCA remains dedicated to conducting comprehensive, independent, and transparent investigations of these events, despite the challenges posed by limited access to crucial information and evidence,” Evans emphasized.
A screengrab from a video shows a law enforcement officer spraying irritants at Alex Pretti before he was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Jan. 24, 2026. (Reuters)
Evans also said, “Our agency has committed to the FBI and Department of Justice that should its stance change we remain willing to share information that we have obtained with that agency and would welcome a joint investigation,” and, “We will continue to pursue all legal avenues to gain access to relevant information and evidence.”
The FBI did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA hospital, while he was recording federal officers on a street in Minneapolis.
Images of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good are displayed during a forum held by Democratic lawmakers on use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Federal officials initially said Pretti approached immigration agents with a 9 mm handgun and resisted when they tried to disarm him, but eyewitness accounts and bystander video raise questions about the government’s version of events.
At the time, Border Patrol agents were conducting enforcement operations in the area when civilians blew whistles and shouted, forcing authorities to tell the crowd to stay on the sidewalk in order to steer clear of law enforcement activity.
Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in early January. Authorities said she used her car to try to run over federal officers during an enforcement operation.
People mourn at a makeshift memorial in the area where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Sosa-Celis is a Venezuelan national accused of assaulting an ICE officer during a chaotic Minneapolis arrest last month.