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The investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, including the conflicts between federal agents, state investigators, and witnesses, and the demands for a full, independent investigation.
Multiple news outlets report that had at least one confrontation with federal immigration officers roughly one week to 11 days before he was shot and killed; and several follow-ups say he suffered a b...
Multiple credible news outlets and fact-checkers report that had been fired from his job at the in the weeks before he was shot are false and trace back to a fabricated article on a fringe website; Pr...
Multiple independently reviewed bystander videos and contemporaneous news analyses show an agent appears to remove a handgun from during the scuffle before a barrage of gunfire; eyewitnesses and major...
Multiple witness-shot videos from several angles and independent by major news organizations document the moments before and during the ; those recordings have been scrutinized by , , , , , and local ...
There is no credible reporting or verified evidence that abused an elderly male patient in 2025; prominent news organisations and fact-checkers have traced misconduct and firing allegations to a fake ...
The available reporting shows (/) say was armed and , while multiple independent outlets and bystander video analyses report no evidence he ever brandished a gun before being shot . Claims that agents...
Publicly released in the case so far is limited to multiple bystander and third‑party videos—and reporting about what those videos show—while formal ballistics and forensic reports have not been made ...
Verified multi-angle eyewitness videos and media analyses show falling to the ground next to a federal agent holding a handgun at the time he was shot, and those authentic frames have been repeatedly ...
A definitive that was shot in the back would rest on concordant external, internal and ballistic evidence: clear entrance-wound morphology on the posterior body, an intracorporeal bullet track visuali...
Multiple independent news reports and sworn witness affidavits state that the first medical professional allowed to examine observed at least three gunshot wounds to his back, an additional wound to h...
No credible reporting supports the claim that quit or was fired from his job as an ICU nurse; multiple reputable outlets and fact-checkers characterized the social-media stories about his alleged dism...
The did issue public statements acknowledging as a VA employee and offering condolences—most prominently a message from —but there is no reporting in the provided sources that the VA conferred any for...
Public reporting establishes that multiple body‑worn camera recordings from federal immigration agents exist and are being reviewed by investigators (DHS), but those body‑camera files have not been re...
No public, official autopsy or medical examiner report from the Medical Examiner has been released that details cause or manner of death for ; multiple news outlets reporting on the case say an autops...
Multiple independently published bystander videos show the encounter in in which a man identified by outlets and witnesses as appears to spit toward a federal vehicle and kicks out a taillight; major ...
Federal authorities and media organizations have publicly released scene videos and still photographs, and officials say the and are , but as of the reporting available there have been no public relea...
A federal immigration-enforcement operation in on Jan. 24, 2026, ended with the by agents; widespread video and witness accounts have contradicted initial federal descriptions and ignited large protes...
The released a brief public report on Feb. 2 that lists ’s cause of death as “,” records the manner of death as “homicide,” and notes he was “,” with his place of death listed as ; the form contains f...
There is no credible, publicly available evidence that was a "terrorist"; senior and officials repeatedly labeled him a in the immediate aftermath of his killing, but that narrative has been widely ch...
The has officially classified ’s death as a , listing multiple gunshot wounds and noting he was “shot by law enforcement officer” as the manner and mechanism of death . That medical-legal ruling does ...