Unrivaled co-founder and WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held up an \u201cAbolish ICE\u201d sign during player intros ahead of Mist\u2019s game this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Photo via @Unrivaledwbb<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mK9TDIJ6Ge<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Alexa Philippou (@alexaphilippou) January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Stewart, 31, is currently a forward for the New York Liberty, coming off a season in which she averaged 18.3 points per game.<\/p>\n Three people \u2014 Ren\u00e9e Good<\/a>, a Venezuelan man who has not been named<\/a>, and Pretti \u2014 have been shot by federal agents over the last three weeks as the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Good, 37, died after being shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Jan. 7, sparking protests in Minneapolis and throughout the country.<\/p>\n The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti \u201capproached\u201d Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, the New York Times reported<\/a>. Officials did not specify whether Pretti brandished the gun. Pretti can be seen with a phone in one hand in multiple bystander videos of the shooting.\u00a0None of the videos appear to show him holding a firearm. After a struggle with several agents, he was shot multiple times and died.<\/p>\n Stewart wasn\u2019t the first athlete to protest the shootings in Minnesota. Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton took to Twitter on Saturday night and stated, \u201cAlex Pretti was murdered.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Pretti was murdered.<\/p>\n \u2014 Tyrese Haliburton (@Hali) January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, speaking before Sunday\u2019s game at the Minnesota Timberwolves, said<\/a>, \u201cThere should be an appeal to our better angels to look after one another and to recognize what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n Sentiments were elsewhere around the WNBA. Napheesa Collier, a WNBA star and Stewart\u2019s fellow Unrivaled co-founder, reshared a statement on Instagram from former president Barack Obama, who described Pretti\u2019s killing as a \u201cheartbreaking tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n Indiana Fever forward Brianna Turner posted on X that \u201cThe minority that are still defending ICE will forever be on the wrong side of history.\u201d<\/p>\n Natisha Hiedeman, Collier\u2019s teammate on the Minnesota Lynx and a member of \u201cThe Hive\u201d in Unrivaled, posted on Instagram that she is \u201cheartbroken to see ICE has flipped the city upside down and resorted to violence.\u201d<\/p>\n Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jaylen Clark reshared a phone video of the incident that led to Pretti\u2019s shooting, writing, \u201csick world man.\u201d<\/p>\n The Timberwolves, Minnesota Wild and Minnesota Vikings all signed a public letter on Sunday that called for an \u201cimmediate de-escalation of tensions\u201d<\/a> in their home state. The letter was also signed by top executives from Target, Best Buy, General Mills and dozens of other large Minnesota companies.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the NBA Players Association released a statement regarding the unrest in Minnesota, vowing that, \u201cNow more than ever, we must defend the right to freedom of speech and stand in solidarity with the people in Minnesota protesting and risking their lives to demand justice.\u201d<\/p>\n Statement from the NBPA and its Executive Committee on the Fatal Shooting in Minneapolis by ICE. <\/p>\n \u201cThere comes a time when silence is betrayal\u201d -MLK pic.twitter.com\/ka6CjhfHBb<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBPA (@TheNBPA) January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley offered his thoughts on \u201cInside the NBA\u201d on Saturday night. After explaining how ICE\u2019s involvement in Minnesota has already ended in violence multiple times, Barkley said, \u201csomebody has to\u00a0 step up and be adults.\u201d<\/p>\n Former Minnesota forward Kyle Anderson, who currently plays for the Utah Jazz, reposted an illustration of Pretti with the words \u201cJustice for Alex Pretti\u201d on it.<\/p>\n Some sports fans voiced their thoughts as well. Prior to a Minnesota Frost game in the Professional Women\u2019s Hockey League on Sunday in St. Paul, fans chanted \u201cICE OUT\u201d just before the puck drop. They also had a moment of silence for Pretti. The NHL\u2019s Minnesota Wild did not hold one in its game against the Florida Panthers.<\/p>\n Pretty clear message from @PWHL_Minnesota<\/a> fans prior to today\u2019s game in St. Paul. pic.twitter.com\/0FPLlgG4r7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jess Myers (@JessRMyers) January 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Pregame moment of silence for Alex Pretti at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul ahead of today’s New York Sirens vs. Minnesota Frost game. pic.twitter.com\/kFqx75srXs<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769367884450-683x1024.jpeg\")
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