Which news organizations have published raw bystander videos from the Alex Pretti shooting and where are those hosted?

Checked on January 26, 2026
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Executive summary

Multiple national and international news organizations have published or embedded raw bystander videos of the Alex Pretti shooting on their platforms — including BBC, The Guardian, The New York Times, CNBC, Reuters, ABC (abc.net.au), The Washington Post, NewsNation and several tabloid and local outlets — and those clips are hosted on the outlets’ own video pages or article pages where the footage is presented and in some cases verified for viewers [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9].

1. Which organizations published the raw bystander video footage

Broadcasters and digital-first outlets widely circulated bystander recordings: the BBC ran a video segment containing eyewitness footage on its video page [1], The Guardian posted multiple bystander clips in video-format pieces documenting the shooting [2] [10], The New York Times produced an interactive timeline and a standalone video that includes on-the-ground footage [11] [3], CNBC reported verified bystander videos and embedded them in its reporting [4], Reuters explicitly referenced and reviewed bystander videos in its coverage [5], and ABC’s Australian service published aggregated bystander video coverage online [6]. U.S. outlets including The Washington Post and NewsNation also published or reviewed raw clips as part of investigative and breaking-news articles [7] [8]. Tabloid and entertainment sites such as TMZ carried footage and related video coverage as well [9].

2. Where those videos are hosted (on-platform locations)

The footage cited in reporting has been hosted on the publishers’ own video or article pages: the BBC’s eyewitness footage appears on bbc.com’s video page for the story [1], The Guardian’s clips are on theguardian.com in video-format articles [2] [10], The New York Times embeds its eyewitness video on nytimes.com in both its interactive timeline and a video article [11] [3], CNBC published verified bystander clips on its site alongside explanatory reporting [4], Reuters and The Washington Post included footage or described frame-by-frame reviews on their story pages [5] [7], and ABC’s coverage is carried on abc.net.au with embedded video [6]. NewsNation’s reporting notes it reviewed bystander videos and published analysis on its site [8], and TMZ posted on-scene video on its own web article [9]. Where outlets say they “verified” footage, that verification and the clips are presented on the outlet’s platform [4] [5].

3. How outlets differentiated raw clips from verified analysis

Several organizations clearly separated raw eyewitness clips from journalist-led verification: CNBC and Reuters reported that they had reviewed and verified multiple bystander angles before drawing conclusions or noting contradictions with official narratives [4] [5], while The New York Times published an interactive timeline pairing raw clips with frame-by-frame description [11]. The Guardian and the BBC posted unedited eyewitness video alongside reporter context [2] [1]. NewsNation and tabloids like TMZ characterized what their reviewed clips showed but differed in tone and depth of verification — NewsNation reported no bystander video it reviewed showed a visible weapon [8], whereas TMZ focused on immediate footage and crowd confrontation [9]. Wikipedia’s current summary also notes that Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reviewed bystander video evidence, although Wikipedia itself aggregates rather than hosts primary footage [12].

4. Limitations, framing and outstanding questions

Reporting is consistent that multiple outlets posted or embedded bystander video on their own platforms, but available sources do not provide a definitive catalog of every raw clip circulating on social platforms or every third-party host; several outlets emphasize that their journalists verified angles and timing against official statements while others primarily published the unaltered footage for public viewing [4] [5] [1]. Where government officials have advanced a different account, major news organizations published the bystander videos on-site and used them to test competing narratives — a fact that has driven legal and political responses in Minneapolis and prompted calls for preservation of evidence [5]. The body of reporting reviewed here makes clear which legacy outlets hosted and analyzed the clips on their pages, but does not enumerate every social-media repost or aggregation by independent creators.

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