Crime Armed protestor killed in Minneapolis

https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/shots-fired-after-police-in-minneapolis-struggle-to-subdue-man-brandishing-gun-amid-protests-video-shows/

Shots fired after federal police in Minneapolis struggle to subdue man brandishing gun amid protests, video shows​

By
Geoff Earle and

Elisha Fieldstadt
Published Jan. 24, 2026, 11:29 a.m. ET
970 Comments

Shots rang out in Minneapolis early Saturday after federal police tried to subdue a man who was waving around a gun, according to law enforcement sources and video posted to social media.

A 39-second clip showed about half a dozen cops struggling with someone on the sidewalk in front of a donut shop at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, when the gunfire erupted.

The officers appeared to scatter after the barrage of shots went off, according to the footage.



The shooting happened after the man brandished a firearm with two magazines, a law enforcement source told The Post, sharing a photo of the firearm.

In a statement, city officials urged residents to stay calm and avoid the area.


“We are aware of reports of another shooting involving federal law enforcement in the area of 26th Street W and Nicollet Ave. We are working to confirm additional details,” the statement said.

More than 100 protesters had been at the scene when the encounter occurred. The man’s condition was not immediately known.





On Friday, protesters yelled obscenities at two people wearing plain clothes who they believed to be agents after protesters claimed their rental car was linked to the incident, according to video reviewed by The Post.

Neither person was an officer.



Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) posted about the incident on X late morning Saturday as the details of the shooting were still unfolding.

“I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” he wrote.

“The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.”


Neither the White House or the Department of Homeland Security have said what precipitated the shooting, and did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Despite what the Post says about the protestor's condition, Fox News is reporting he died. Spiciness inbound.

 

[EscapeVorkuta]

this is just Rittenhouse revisited with the amount of people trying to argue someone practicing their 2nd amendment rights were only doing so for nefarious reasons, even when the supposed intent isn't reflected in the actions taken.


but things did get physical, things did pop off and yet he never reached for his gun, how do you reconcile with the reality of what happened when you're trying to argue he went there to shoot feds in such a situation? i feel the only people are going to spend much time trying to speculate about some dead dude's motives are just trying to further justify the shooting by telling themselves that the feds dropped some mass murderer to be rather than some unlucky fuck that made stupid decisions that led to his death.

Only knowledge I need to justify the shooting was that he was leftist traitor protecting the dregs of society. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

but things did get physical, things did pop off and yet he never reached for his gun, how do you reconcile with the reality of what happened when you're trying to argue he went there to shoot feds in such a situation? i feel the only people are going to spend much time trying to speculate about some dead dude's motives are just trying to further justify the shooting by telling themselves that the feds dropped some mass murderer to be rather than some unlucky fuck that made stupid decisions that led to his death.

Alex Pretti (Pretti dead now) was a violent agitator who died fighting to keep criminals in his community. His death is a benefit to everyone in his community and ICE should be commended for cleaning up the streets of Minneapolis.

 

[Dumbledore's Onlyfans]

Did Ilhan Omar just Jussie Smolett herself live on air??? YOU DECIDE. Here's the video.

 

[HarblMcDavid]

US Post in thread 'US Politics General 2: Hope Edition'

Jan 27, 2026

Been out of the loop for a bit; can you elaborate? "Unemployed"? "Previous encounters with ICE"? I'm liking the sound of this so far.

The usual bad actors have really been throwing their backs out, trying to make a proper martyr of this guy; a day or two ago, even the BBC's main page was literally 90% Pretti propaganda headlines.

Here's some relevant tweets with the info for easy consumption:






Now, there is a lie being spread that he was fired from a nursing job for "predatory behavior" but that seems to be fake, it was only news on...

• mandatorylurk

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Crossposting, since it's more than just "he was doing this before" and then brought a gun.
He supposedly wiped his social media the day before this happened, his parents were very worried he was going to do something stupid based on communications with him, and he'd quit his job a couple months prior to this, so basically he seems to exactly fit the profile of someone intentionally trying to get something to happen.

To me the deletion of his socials the day before is the most telling.

 

[gay]

Did Ilhan Omar just Jussie Smolett herself live on air??? YOU DECIDE. Here's the video.

would've only been better if the stooge yelled "THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!!!"

 

[DoomsdayElite]

Alex Pretti (Pretti dead now) was a violent agitator who died fighting to keep criminals in his community. His death is a benefit to everyone in his community and ICE should be commended for cleaning up the streets of Minneapolis.

He was killed Saturday morning, so by now his corpse must be getting Pretti smelly.

 

[LaxerBRO]

US Post in thread 'US Politics General 2: Hope Edition'

Jan 27, 2026

Been out of the loop for a bit; can you elaborate? "Unemployed"? "Previous encounters with ICE"? I'm liking the sound of this so far.

The usual bad actors have really been throwing their backs out, trying to make a proper martyr of this guy; a day or two ago, even the BBC's main page was literally 90% Pretti propaganda headlines.

Here's some relevant tweets with the info for easy consumption:






Now, there is a lie being spread that he was fired from a nursing job for "predatory behavior" but that seems to be fake, it was only news on...

• mandatorylurk

Reactions: x 33 x 24 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 3

Crossposting, since it's more than just "he was doing this before" and then brought a gun.
He supposedly wiped his social media the day before this happened, his parents were very worried he was going to do something stupid based on communications with him, and he'd quit his job a couple months prior to this, so basically he seems to exactly fit the profile of someone intentionally trying to get something to happen.

To me the deletion of his socials the day before is the most telling.

But too many things have to fall into place. I understand he may have tempted fate but I dunno if he could have predicted this as the outcome.

 

[Fatsuit Shinji]

Caliber .22 submachine guns are not unheard of, but I can't imagine what purpose they'd serve for this mystery-meat monkey militia.

.22 caliber guns are useful for the recoil sensitive people i.e. women and vagina equipped soyboys who can't even handle .223/5.56mm NATO caliber guns.

 

[HarblMcDavid]

But too many things have to fall into place. I understand he may have tempted fate but I dunno if he could have predicted this as the outcome.

This time was the first time he'd brought a gun to a protest, allegedly his previous encounters with ICE where he was playing hero were the catalyst for that decision.

So it's reasonable to suggest that he couldn't have predicted something would happen that day, but the deletion of socials the day prior to his first day bringing a gun to a protest action suggest a reasonably self-aware political suicide bomber who fully planned for something to happen at some point after that deletion.

 

[Snekposter]

Just need to point out that they are their own worst enemy. During a protest the one NFAC member negligently discharged a rifle into another member.

That is their only casualty.

Not just one member, three members. And it still didn't seriously injure anyone. Three people with one bullet and they still couldn't put anyone in the hospital.

He's Pretti ugly.

Moose bites can be pretti Nasti...

 

[Individualism Incarnate]

US Post in thread 'US Politics General 2: Hope Edition'

Jan 27, 2026

Been out of the loop for a bit; can you elaborate? "Unemployed"? "Previous encounters with ICE"? I'm liking the sound of this so far.

The usual bad actors have really been throwing their backs out, trying to make a proper martyr of this guy; a day or two ago, even the BBC's main page was literally 90% Pretti propaganda headlines.

Here's some relevant tweets with the info for easy consumption:






Now, there is a lie being spread that he was fired from a nursing job for "predatory behavior" but that seems to be fake, it was only news on...

• mandatorylurk

Reactions: x 33 x 24 x 2 x 3 x 2 x 3

Crossposting, since it's more than just "he was doing this before" and then brought a gun.
He supposedly wiped his social media the day before this happened, his parents were very worried he was going to do something stupid based on communications with him, and he'd quit his job a couple months prior to this, so basically he seems to exactly fit the profile of someone intentionally trying to get something to happen.

To me the deletion of his socials the day before is the most telling.

Loser committed suicide by cop and reddit wants to make him a marytr.

 

[FedPostalService]

Anyone else finding themselves saying “what did you actually think would happen?” to fully grown adults a lot these days?

It looks like a bad shoot but when do these mongs think the result of antagonising armed men will be? Eventually something like this WILL happen no matter how highly trained they are.

 

[FK009]

Anyone else finding themselves saying “what did you actually think would happen?” to fully grown adults a lot these days?

It looks like a bad shoot but when do these mongs think the result of antagonising armed men will be? Eventually something like this WILL happen no matter how highly trained they are.

Tons of times. My dad is extremely liberal, but he at least had the sense to tell me that if I ever encounter the police, don’t be an asshole, and if I have a gun while encountering the police, super don’t be an asshole.

When you have engaged with officers before, then bring a gun known for misfiring to engage with them again, scrub your socials before engaging with armed officers, and then get shot, the average normie is going to find his pity-well running dry. Honestly, I think these people want these things to happen, because then they get their headlines, it’s almost like human sacrifices at this point in the hopes of stopping Trump.

 

[Blewberry Nausea]

Anyone else finding themselves saying “what did you actually think would happen?” to fully grown adults a lot these days?

It looks like a bad shoot but when do these mongs think the result of antagonising armed men will be? Eventually something like this WILL happen no matter how highly trained they are.

I dunno. I think the dude wasn’t trying to be legitimately belligerent he reacted to what he saw as a victim of assault and he died because his perception didn’t account for the fact that CBP is law enforcement not just random thugs attacking people.

CBP in trying to detain him hears a comrade scream gun, followed by a gunshot. By any reasonable threat assessment you take out the belligerent because he has been confirmed to be armed and a fatal threat and now you are under potential gunfire.

That seems just like a reasonable survival response to me.

 

[DoomsdayElite]

What a wonderful guy he was!

Except:

Pretti was an ICU nurse, not a physical therapist. His face is clearly the CNN edit (lol). For some reason, the guy on the right has a weight belt on and the other only has one prosthetic leg. The flag has eleven stripes, when it should have thirteen. Predictably, Redditors are eating this AI bullshit up.

 

[whoishomermynameis]

 

[niggersrus]

Shame they could only kill this faggot once.

 

[Farm Hand]

This is probably the rumored incident that Alex Pretti got a broken rib from.

Had Pretti been arrested and taken in for the destructive crime he blatantly did, then found with the gun that he probably wasn't carrying his license for (as he would repeat later), he would probably still be alive today.

 

[Hunter Hearst Helmsley]

This is probably the rumored incident that Alex Pretti got a broken rib from.

Had Pretti been arrested and taken in for the destructive crime he blatantly did, then found with the gun that he probably wasn't carrying his license for (as he would repeat later), he would probably still be alive today.

Notable that he has the gun with him then too.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

OH WOW IT WASN'T EVEN SLIGHTLY PEACEFUL AND HE HAD IT COMING TOTALLY HOW SHOCKING