Witness videos complicate official account of Alex Pretti shooting

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The federal immigration agents who were at the scene of Pretti’s shooting in Minneapolis yesterday are still working, and not on administrative leave, Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino told reporters this afternoon.

The agents are no longer operating in the Minneapolis area, Bovino said, adding that they were relocated out of fear that they would be doxxed.

When pressed to respond to details of the shooting — including videos that appear to show Pretti did not have a gun in his hand and how many times he was shot — Bovino declined to go into those details.

“The investigation is going to uncover all those facts, things like how many shots were fired, where were the weapons,” he said. “Those are the facts that will come out of the investigation.”

Speaking at a news conference alongside Marcos Charles, ICE’s acting executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations, Bovino said the agents were pursuing Jose Huerta Chuma, an Ecuadorian national wanted on allegations of domestic assault, intentional implication of bodily harm and disorderly conduct.

“Agitators, rioters and anarchists prevented us from taking this individual into custody,” Bovino said. He added, “Our Title 8 immigration mission continues unabated here in Minneapolis, despite yesterday’s tragedy that was preventable by folks making better choices.”

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