{"id":130899,"date":"2026-01-25T01:57:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130899\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T01:57:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T01:57:06","slug":"tampa-protesters-decry-ice-shooting-of-minneapolis-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/130899\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa protesters decry ICE shooting of Minneapolis man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/public-safety\/2026\/01\/24\/another-shooting-reported-minneapolis-immigration-crackdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shooting of a protester by a federal immigration officer<\/a> in Minnesota has sparked protests across the country, including one in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis<br \/>\n<br \/>Demonstrators in Tampa gathered to show solidarity<br \/>\n<br \/>Organizers demand accountability from ICE<\/p>\n<p>Dozens met outside Tampa City Hall on Saturday evening in response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrator Mauricio Vasquez said ICE needs to take responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country has always been based on the respect of human rights, so that\u2019s what we want. Respect for us,\u201d\u00a0Vasquez said.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s protest was not something that had been planned weeks ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer Joe Nohava said this is a direct response to Saturday morning\u2019s shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to fight no matter what,\u201d Nohava said. \u201cWe\u2019re not, you know, gonna leave Minneapolis to fight this fight alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nohava said he was at home making breakfast when he found out what happened.<\/p>\n<p>He said the emotions of another person shot by ICE is what led to the protest, and they want to stand in solidarity with demonstrators in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that federal officers were conducting an operation and fired &#8220;defensive shots&#8221; after a man with a handgun approached them and &#8220;violently resisted&#8221; when officers tried to disarm him.<\/p>\n<p>In bystander videos of the shooting that emerged soon after, Pretti is seen with a phone in his hand but none appears to show him with a visible weapon.<\/p>\n<p>DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference later Saturday that Pretti had shown up to &#8220;impede a law enforcement operation.&#8221; She questioned why he was armed but did not offer detail about whether Pretti drew the weapon or brandished it at officers.<\/p>\n<p>The officer who shot the man is an eight-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014\u00a0The shooting of a protester by a federal immigration officer in Minnesota has sparked protests across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[276,1841,4628,115,135,137,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-130899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-hillsborough-county","9":"tag-immigration","10":"tag-matt-lackritz","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tampa","13":"tag-tampa-headlines","14":"tag-tampa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}