Overview
- Bystander videos reviewed by multiple outlets show Alex Pretti holding a phone and appear to capture an agent removing a handgun from his waist before he was shot.
- DHS leaders defended the agents and described Pretti as armed and resisting, though the deputy attorney general said it is unknown whether he was disarmed before shots were fired.
- A federal judge issued an order barring destruction or alteration of evidence, with a hearing set Monday on a request to halt Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.
- Governor Tim Walz activated the National Guard and said the state will lead the probe, as local investigators reported being blocked at the scene despite a warrant.
- Protests spread from Minneapolis to other cities, Democrats threatened to withhold DHS funding, and several Republicans called for a full joint federal‑state investigation.