{"id":152696,"date":"2026-01-28T03:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152696\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T03:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:16:30","slug":"2-federal-officers-fired-shots-during-encounter-that-killed-alex-pretti-dhs-tells-congress-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152696\/","title":{"rendered":"2 federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress | National"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti<\/a> in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday, the same day Ecuador\u2019s minister of foreign affairs filed an objection saying immigration agents tried to enter his country’s consulate in the city without permission.<\/p>\n

Officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted, leading to a struggle, according to a notification to Congress obtained by The Associated Press. During the struggle, a Border Patrol agent yelled, \u201cHe\u2019s got a gun!\u201d multiple times, the official said.<\/p>\n

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