MINNESOTA INSURRECTION: DHS Agents Engage, Shoot Armed Keffiyeh-Clad Rioter in Enforcement Action Against Violent Illegal
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that federal agents were in the area executing a lawful operation to apprehend an illegal alien wanted for violent assault when they encountered armed rioter Alex Pretti.
DHS stated that Pretti was armed with a loaded nine-millimeter semi-automatic handgun and two magazines, posing an immediate and lethal threat to federal officers and the public. The agency later released a photograph of the weapon recovered at the scene.
According to federal officials, agents attempted to secure and disarm Pretti, but he violently resisted, escalating the encounter into a life-or-death struggle. With an armed suspect refusing to comply and officers in close proximity, a Border Patrol agent fired a fatal shot in defense of life.
Pretti was pronounced dead at the scene. DHS reported that he had no identification at the time of the incident.
Video footage shows agents actively struggling to restrain an armed suspect, bringing him to the ground in a final effort to neutralize the threat — underscoring that lethal force was used only after physical control measures failed.
Watch the armed rioter confront the federal agents:
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Daily Mail that the deceased was armed with two magazines, and the gun has since been recovered by federal authorities.
At least two Democrat Minnesota state officials and a campaign adviser to Tim Walz, Amanda Koehler, have been identified as “admins” and “dispatchers” in a now-leaked Signal group chat used to stalk and impede federal immigration operations in the state.
Minnesota burning Chaotic moment agent reached for gun revealed in close-up analysis of Minneapolis armed anti-ICE protester shooting
By Anna Young, NY Post, Jan. 24, 2026, 8:50 p.m. ET
Close-up videos of the fatal Minneapolis shooting showed protester Alex Jeffrey Pretti was armed with a gun — with the agent who fired the more than a dozen shots clearly reacting to something that alarmed him amid the chaos.
It’s unclear if Pretti had drawn the weapon and was immediately disarmed, if an officer had pulled it from his clothing or if he was in the process of pulling it out when a separate federal officer was seen taking it from the 37-year-old as he was pinned to the ground.
Videos of the incident show officers shouting “he’s got a gun,” as the unidentified agent reached into Pretti’s waistband to retrieve the weapon.
At one point an officer in gray coat is seen emerging from the melee with the gun, which officials said was a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. According to close up video of that moment, as the officer holds the gun, the gun’s slide moves, meaning it may have fired, causing a loud noise of a gunshot shortly before other officer fired at Pretti.
In various videos,the agent who fired the fatal shots could be seen shooting the armed protester at close range, then pumping at least 9 more rounds into his body as Pretti lay motionless on the ground.
The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti had approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun as they were conducting a “targeted” arrest.
“The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said at a press conference Saturday night.
“Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.”
Organized and well-funded:
The people on the streets of Minneapolis tonight aren’t “concerned citizens.” They are a Paid Operation.
The reporter confirms it:
- Comms: They have radios and a command structure.
- Logistics: They have supply lines and food drops.
- Organization: They move like a unit, not a mob.
- We know this playbook. The Democrats do this every time.
- They bus them in. They fund the supplies. They give the orders.
- This is the NGO Industrial Complex at work.
The Border Patrol union released a statement, saying agents are “trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties.”
The union called for lowering anti-ICE rhetoric.
“When a supposed ‘peaceful’ protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions,” they said.
“We have pleaded with and warned the media and the politicians that their irresponsible, hate-filled and false rhetoric is going to get people unnecessarily hurt, or worse, killed when they portray our agents and officers as the aggressors. They have encouraged these reckless confrontations and attacks on our agents and officers who are performing their lawful duties and enforcing the laws that Congress has put on the books,” they added.
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Pamela Geller
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