Man shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis named as nurse and US citizen Alex Pretti

BBC update

FEDERAL immigration officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, identified by local officials as 37-year-old Alex Pretti.

State and federal officials are providing conflicting accounts of the moments before Pretti's death, which comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot dead by an immigration agent in the city.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says agents fired "defensive shots" after Pretti "reacted violently", while Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the account of events from federal authorities is "nonsense" and "lies."

Protesters near the scene of the shooting chanted Alex Pretti's name, the BBC's Tom Bateman reports.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump accuses the mayor of Minneapolis and Governor Walz of inciting an "insurrection".

Pretti, a US citizen and nurse, has been described as a "kindhearted soul" by his parents.

What we know so far about fatal shooting in Minneapolis

The US city of Minneapolis is reeling once again from a deadly shooting involving federal immigration officers.

Alex Pretti, 37, was killed during a confrontation in the street on Saturday morning, less than three weeks after the death of Renee Good, also 37, in her car.

Federal and state authorities offered conflicting accounts of what happened. The Department of Homeland Security said agents had fired in self-defence after Pretti, who they say had a handgun, resisted their attempts to disarm him. Eyewitnesses, local officials and the victim's family challenged that account, pointing out he had a phone in his hand, not a weapon.

And calls mounted once again for the Trump administration to end its local immigration enforcement operations.

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