What eyewitness videos and verified footage exist of the Alex Pretti shooting, and where can they be viewed?
Executive summary
Multiple bystander videos — some uploaded to social media and others shared directly with news organizations — document the moments leading up to and including the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti; major outlets have verified several distinct clips and published them alongside analysis, and those verified videos can be viewed on the publishers’ websites and video pages [1] [2] [3].
1. The verified set: how many independent clips reporters counted and where they appear
News organizations report that at least five independent eyewitness videos exist and were reviewed and verified by outlets including NBC News, ABC News and The New York Times; NBC said “at least five” videos were analyzed [1], ABC compiled a timeline from five verified videos [4], and The New York Times published a witness video it received along with other footage posted on social media [2]. Those outlets host the clips and verification reporting on their websites: NBC News’ report with verified footage and analysis is available on NBC’s site [1], ABC News published its verified video compilation and minute-by-minute timeline on ABC’s website [4], and The New York Times posted its timeline story with a witness video shared to the paper [2].
2. Distinct angles: dashboard, street-level, and close-up clips and where to watch each
Published reporting describes at least three recurring camera angles circulating online: a dashboard/cars-in-motion angle (a close-in clip published by TMZ and verified by others) [5], multiple street-level bystander perspectives assembled by BBC Verify and The Guardian [6] [7], and a close-up stabilized clip circulated and framed by outlets such as the Daily Mail and The Washington Post that shows the scrum and an agent emerging with a handgun before rapid gunfire [8] [9]. Each of those publishers has posted the corresponding clips or frames — viewers can find the dashboard-angle clip on TMZ’s site [5], the multi-angle compilations and verification on BBC and The Guardian video pages [6] [7], and the close-up analyses on The Washington Post’s investigation page [9].
3. What the verified footage shows — common elements across videos
Across the verified videos reporters describe common, corroborated moments: Pretti appeared to be recording with a phone moments before the confrontation (reported by The Guardian, ABC and others) [10] [4], several agents moved on top of him while multiple officers were involved in the detention (The Washington Post) [9], and one agent is seen leaving the pile holding a handgun shortly before a rapid series of shots is audible in the footage [9] [3]. These factual descriptions are reported alongside embedded or linked videos on the outlets’ pages [9] [3] [10].
4. Contradictions with official accounts and where those comparisons are published
Major outlets explicitly note that the bystander videos, as published and analyzed on their sites, do not align with early statements from Department of Homeland Security officials claiming Pretti brandished a gun and “approached” agents; CNBC, The Guardian, BBC Verify, and NBC all frame the verified footage as contradicting key elements of the DHS narrative [3] [10] [11] [1]. Those stories include the same videos or screenshots and are the primary public source for side-by-side comparison.
5. Practical viewing guidance and reporting limitations
The verified eyewitness clips and news analyses are publicly available on the news organizations’ websites — search for the NBC News, ABC News, The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, The Guardian and CNBC stories cited above to view the footage and read verification notes [1] [4] [2] [9] [6] [3] [7]. This account does not host or embed the videos and cannot verify beyond the sourced reporting; if further authenticated video (for example, body-worn or government footage) is released, those disclosures would be reported by the same outlets and added to their pages [1] [2].