Angel Reese writes 'Praying for our country' in post after Border Patrol shooting in Minnesota

Chicago Sky prima Angel Reese posted "Praying for our country" connected X Saturday.

Reese did not specify what she was referring to successful the post. But it was sent during wide nationalist statement aft a antheral was fatally changeable by a Border Patrol cause successful Minneapolis Saturday. 

Reese has not often commented connected governmental matters but did talk retired aft President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, expressing disappointment successful the result. 

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Chicago Sky guardant Angel Reese dribbles against the Minnesota Lynx successful the archetypal 4th astatine Target Center.  (Brad Rempel/Imagn Images)

"Woke up speechless….," Reese wrote successful 1 X post, aboriginal adding, "I’m truthful disappointed successful America….Some of you conscionable couldn’t selfishly enactment your pridefulness speech huh??!?!?" and "As a woman, I’m heartbroken for america all."

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis nonmigratory and ICU nurse, was changeable during an migration enforcement cognition aboriginal Saturday targeting Jose Huerta-Chuma, an amerciable migrant with a transgression past including home battle for intentional struggle bodily harm, disorderly behaviour and driving without a valid license.

Department of Homeland Security officials said Pretti approached Border Patrol agents portion equipped with a 9 mm pistol and "violently resisted" erstwhile they attempted to disarm him. Medics instantly delivered aid, but Pretti was pronounced dormant astatine the tract of the shooting.

After the shooting, astir 200 agitators arrived and began to "obstruct and battle instrumentality enforcement," starring to assemblage power measures, according to DHS.

The Minneapolis Police Department asked for the nationalist to stay calm aft Saturday's shooting.

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"We are alert of reports of different shooting involving national instrumentality enforcement successful the country of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave. We are moving to corroborate further details. We inquire the nationalist to stay calm and debar the contiguous area. Please travel the city’s societal media channels for updates," the Minneapolis Police Department said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said astatine a quality league that an "unlawful assembly" was taking spot successful the country of the shooting and urged the nationalist to debar it.

"Our request contiguous is for those national agencies that are operating successful our metropolis to bash truthful with the aforesaid discipline, humanity and integrity that effectual instrumentality enforcement successful this state demands. We impulse everyone to stay peaceful," O'Hara said.

O'Hara said determination had been an exigency callback of each sworn unit backmost to work to grip the situation.

While MPD is starring the charge, it is receiving assistance from the Minnesota State Patrol and Hennepin and Ramsey County sheriffs, O'Hara said. 

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Suburban towns person aided MPD successful handling the influx of 911 calls. He added that the occurrence section was moving with constabulary to "ensure that 2 tiny fires that were started successful the country are safely extinguished." 

Tensions betwixt national migration enforcement and agitators successful Minnesota person been precocious since the fatal Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent. Her decease sparked a question of protests nationwide and raised questions astir the Trump administration's migration crackdown.

Fox News Digital's Rachel Wolf and Alexandra Koch contributed to this report. 

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