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Alex Pretti should have faced charges for spitting on agent before fatal shooting: former prosecutor
Video shows Alex Pretti allegedly spitting at agents before Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis. Former prosecutor explains why no charges filed.
A lawyer for Alex Pretti's family said that "nothing" in an earlier altercation with federal agents that was caught on video "could possibly have justified Alex's killing."
The scuffle earlier this month was caught in a pair of videos that show Pretti shouting an expletive at federal officers and struggling with them.
Pretti had no criminal record and a gun permit, police said.
Authorities have not identified the federal agent who shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Here’s what we know.
Alex Pretti has been identified as the man shot by Border Patrol in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Donald Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti an "agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist," marking an increase in the intensity of his rhetoric toward the ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents after the president recently said he wanted to "de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota.
Micayla Pretti, the sister of Alex Pretti, is being represented by Tony Cotton, the attorney confirmed Jan. 30.