What public medical records or court filings exist that confirm injuries Alex Pretti sustained before Jan. 24, 2026?
Executive summary
Public reporting shows eyewitness affidavits and court filings describing the Jan. 24, 2026 fatal shooting of Alex Pretti and references to a prior confrontation on Jan. 13, but no publicly available medical records have been produced that independently confirm injuries Pretti sustained before Jan. 24; family representatives and some news reports say he did not seek medical care after the earlier incident [1] [2] [3].
1. What the public court filings say about injuries at and after Jan. 24
Multiple sworn statements and court filings made public in the wake of the Jan. 24 shooting recount eyewitness observations of the scene, the medical attention given immediately after the shooting, and disputes with the Department of Homeland Security’s account — for example, The New York Times reports sworn filings from a doctor and other witnesses describing hesitation by agents to let medical personnel reach Pretti and disputing DHS’s narrative of events [1], and People reports six witnesses who recalled the shooting and the medical care Pretti received in submitted affidavits [4]; those filings pertain to care rendered at the Jan. 24 scene, not to prior documented medical treatment.
2. What the reporting says about a prior Jan. 13 encounter and alleged injuries
Video published by News Movement and covered by The Guardian shows an earlier confrontation between Pretti and federal agents on Jan. 13 in which officers appear to tackle Pretti to the ground, and the family’s representative said Pretti “sustained injuries” in that episode but “did not get medical care” according to the Guardian’s reporting [2]; this suggests the alleged injuries from Jan. 13 are reported by family and visible-video observers rather than corroborated by medical documentation in public filings [2].
3. Media claims about a broken rib and sourcing limitations
Some outlets reported that Pretti sustained a broken rib in the earlier encounter, but those accounts rely on unnamed sources and secondhand reporting; for example, The National Desk ran a headline asserting a broken rib citing unnamed sources and CNN reporting, while the underlying public materials made available to date (videos and affidavits) do not appear to include a contemporaneous medical record confirming a fracture [3] [2]. Public-source scrutiny therefore finds a gap between media summaries and what verifiable public medical or clinical records have been produced.
4. DHS, law enforcement narratives and the evidentiary record
Federal officials provided an account framing the Jan. 24 shooting as an agent responding to a perceived threat, and DHS acknowledged multiple angles of body and scene video exist and are under review [5] [6]. Courts have already been asked to preserve evidence — a judge issued an order enjoining destruction or alteration of evidence related to the Jan. 24 shooting — but those court orders and filings focus on preserving video and other material, not on releasing pre‑existing medical records of prior injuries [7].
5. What is publicly confirmed, and what remains unverified
Publicly available court filings and eyewitness affidavits confirm that witnesses observed Pretti suffering wounds and that medical personnel attempted or were sometimes delayed in rendering aid after the Jan. 24 shooting [1] [4], and video evidence confirms a Jan. 13 physical confrontation occurred [2] [6]. What is not publicly available in the reporting reviewed is an official, contemporaneous medical record or hospital report documenting treatment or imaging (for example, an emergency department record or radiology report) that confirms specific injuries Pretti is alleged to have sustained before Jan. 24 — reporting indicates family and witnesses described injuries but also states he “did not get medical care” after the Jan. 13 encounter [2]. Alternative viewpoints exist: some outlets and officials have asserted Pretti was armed or “violent” in encounters (DHS statements), while video and eyewitness filings raise questions about that characterization [5] [6] [1].