Alex Pretti should have faced charges for spitting on agent before fatal shooting: former prosecutor

A erstwhile authoritative said Alex Pretti was not charged aft being seen connected camera spitting astatine national agents and damaging a authorities SUV days earlier helium was killed due to the fact that of the "environment" surrounding migration enforcement successful Minneapolis.

The video, released by The News Movement, was reportedly recorded connected Jan. 13 and shows Pretti spitting astatine national agents and kicking the taillight of a national SUV, which broke. Just 11 days later, connected Jan. 24, Pretti was killed by a Border Patrol agent.

Pretti tin beryllium heard yelling "f--- you" repeatedly and flashed his mediate fingers earlier national agents exited the SUV and tackled him to the ground.

Steve Schleicher, lawyer for the Pretti family, confirmed to Fox News helium was progressive successful the incidental a week anterior to being shot.

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A man, who appears to beryllium Alex Pretti, was caught connected camera astir 2 weeks earlier helium was fatally changeable successful Minnesota. (The News Movement)

"A week earlier Alex was gunned down successful the thoroughfare – contempt posing nary menace to anyone – helium was violently assaulted by a radical of ICE agents. Nothing that happened a afloat week earlier could perchance person justified Alex’s sidesplitting astatine the hands of ICE connected Jan 24," Schleicher said.

A U.S. Border Patrol cause changeable and killed Pretti, an ICU caregiver astatine a VA hospital, portion helium was signaling national officers connected a thoroughfare successful Minneapolis. Federal officials initially said Pretti approached migration agents with a 9mm handgun and resisted erstwhile they tried to disarm him, but eyewitness accounts and bystander video rise questions astir the government's mentation of events.

At the time, Border Patrol agents were conducting enforcement operations successful the country erstwhile civilians blew whistles and shouted, forcing authorities to archer the assemblage to enactment connected the sidewalk successful bid to steer wide of instrumentality enforcement activity.

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A man, who appears to beryllium Alex Pretti, was caught connected camera successful Minnesota earlier helium was fatally shot. (The News Movement)

Fred Tecce, a erstwhile national prosecutor, told Fox News Digital portion Pretti should person been arrested, circumstances successful Minneapolis changed that.

"If you were successful your municipality 1 time and you determine to locomotion down the alley and you spot a constabulary car and you decided to footwear retired the taillight and spit connected the constabulary officers, what bash you deliberation would hap to you, right? You'd beryllium arrested," Tecce said. "The circumstances surrounding what's going connected successful Minneapolis telephone each bets off. I mean each the rules person gone retired the window."

Tecce said the chaotic protestation situation could person besides contributed to Pretti not being arrested.

CBP/BORDER PATROL AGENTS PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AFTER DEADLY CONFRONTATION WITH ALEX PRETTI

A screengrab from a video shows a instrumentality enforcement serviceman spraying irritants astatine Alex Pretti earlier helium was fatally changeable by national agents successful Minneapolis, Minnesota, connected Jan. 24, 2026. (Reuters)

"You cognize erstwhile you're an ICE officer, and you've got aggravated mobs astir you attacking you, doing each these things, you don't truly person the enactment of doing what you whitethorn would person different person done."

Pretti's shooting marked the 2nd fatal incidental successful Minneapolis successful caller weeks involving national migration agents amid heightened tensions implicit enforcement operations and clashes with anti-ICE demonstrators.

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Following Pretti's death, President Donald Trump confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that his medication is "reviewing everything" regarding the shooting.

"We’re looking, we’re reviewing everything and volition travel retired with a determination," Trump said.