Overview
- A preliminary CBP Office of Professional Responsibility review to Congress says a Border Patrol agent with a Glock 19 and a CBP officer with a Glock 47 fired about five seconds after an agent shouted “He has a gun!” during a struggle.
- The report does not state that Alex Pretti drew or pointed his legally owned, permitted firearm, diverging from initial DHS assertions that he “wielded” a weapon.
- Bystander videos show Pretti holding a phone, assisting a woman, and being disarmed before shots were fired, undercutting the early official narrative.
- An agent removed Pretti’s gun and later secured it in a government vehicle without an on‑scene sealed evidence bag, raising chain‑of‑custody concerns cited in CBS reporting.
- Multiple inquiries are underway, including CBP OPR and an unusually lead role for ICE Homeland Security Investigations, with the DHS inspector general notified and a Hennepin County autopsy pending; the White House tempered its rhetoric as adviser Stephen Miller acknowledged possible protocol lapses and President Trump dispatched Tom Homan to oversee operations in Minnesota.