What official evidence (body‑worn camera, radio logs, autopsy report) has been publicly released in the Alex Pretti case and what does it show?

1. Bystander and independently obtained videos: what they show

Multiple outlets that reviewed or verified bystander video reported a consistent visual narrative: footage from a donut shop, a dashboard camera and close-up cellphone clips show Pretti standing near a confrontation, appearing to hold a phone and to shield another person, then being pepper‑sprayed, wrestled to the ground by several federal agents, and shot as agents crowded him; those analyses conclude the videos do not show Pretti brandishing a weapon ^{[1] [6] [5] [7]}.

2. Video detail that complicates the official account

Investigations by The Washington Post and other outlets highlight a striking sequence in some clips where an agent emerges from a scrum holding what appears to be Pretti’s gun and moves away, and less than a second later gunfire erupts — a timing detail that contradicts immediate federal statements that Pretti had violently resisted and posed an imminent threat at the moment shots were fired ^{[2] [8]}.

3. What the Department of Homeland Security publicly released or asserted

The Department of Homeland Security released a photograph of a firearm it said belonged to Pretti and stated agents fired in self‑defense, asserting he had a handgun and magazines and implying intent to cause mass harm; those claims were reported by multiple outlets but were made before forensic or independent investigatory release of evidence and are contested by video analyses and family statements ^{[3] [8] [9]}.

4. Body‑worn camera footage, radio logs and the autopsy: what has been released and what has not

There is no public record in the reporting provided that DHS or federal law enforcement has released body‑worn camera footage or radio/transmission logs to the public; local and state officials say they have been impeded from accessing crucial evidence and have moved to compel preservation and cooperation, and a federal judge issued an injunction preserving evidence while litigation proceeds — meanwhile, reporting indicates autopsy details have been withheld and the authorities are keeping autopsy findings from public release at this stage ^{[5] [10] [4] [11]}.

5. Conflicting narratives and official accountability measures

Federal spokespeople and Border Patrol leadership framed the incident as a defensive shooting against a person with a firearm, while family members, verified videos and multiple news analyses present a different picture — that Pretti was filming, not brandishing a weapon, and may have been disarmed moments before he was shot; state prosecutors and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension have been involved and have filed for evidence preservation to prevent destruction of materials by federal agencies, signaling ongoing dispute over access to the full official record ^{[1] [9] [2] [11] [10]}.

6. What the publicly available evidence proves — and what remains unresolved

Publicly available videos establish a chain of observable moments: Pretti appeared to be recording, was pepper‑sprayed and restrained, and at least one clip shows an agent with a weapon immediately before gunfire; that material undercuts claims that Pretti was actively shooting or brandishing a gun at the time he was shot, but it does not by itself resolve forensic questions such as the number and trajectories of wounds, timing and source attribution of each round, or the contents of agency body cameras and radio logs — matters that remain unconfirmed in the public record because autopsy reports and law enforcement internal records have not been released or made accessible to state investigators as reported ^{[1] [2] [4] [5]}.