DOJ Conducts Civil Rights Probe in Shooting Death of Alex Pretti

An image of Alex Pretti at a memorial near the scene of a fatal shooting by federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis.Photographer: Angelina Katsanis/Bloomberg

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January 30, 2026 at 5:16 PM UTC

The US Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into the death of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot numerous times by federal agents last week.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department is conducting a probe of the Jan. 24 shooting of Pretti during a protest against the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security also is investigating the shooting by its agents.