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The shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal agent
Federal officials have said a was recovered from at the scene; multiple outlets report the released a photo identifying a ‑style 9 mm pistol (reported by DHS and several news organizations) while eyew...
Public reporting establishes that was a with a permit to carry, a fact repeated by local police and family members , while federal officials publicly asserted that he was found without identification ...
The footage circulating that appears to show kicking, spitting on and damaging a federal vehicle 11 days before he was shot has been widely reported as authentic by multiple outlets and confirmed as d...
Multiple reputable news outlets and nursing organizations report that the social-media claim had been fired from his nursing job is false; contemporaneous reporting describes him as an active ICU nurs...
A officer sustained a severe finger injury that federal officials say was caused by of the digit during chaotic protests in on January 24, 2026, and the publicly posted graphic photos connected to the...
Available reporting shows : federal officials say Border Patrol agents shot in self‑defense after he resisted disarmament and had a handgun, while multiple eyewitnesses and video analyses say Pretti d...
There is no credible evidence that was fired from the ; multiple fact‑checks say viral stories alleging he was dismissed for misconduct originated on a fabricated site and are false . Contemporary rep...
The available reporting shows that , an ICU nurse at the , publicly honored at least one veteran patient by delivering a “” at the bedside — a moment captured on video and widely shared after his deat...
No public, official autopsy or ballistics report for has been released since the shooting first entered news coverage; multiple outlets report that medical and forensic details remain withheld and tha...
Video footage published Jan. 28–29 shows a man identified by family and multiple news organizations as the rear taillight of a federal law-enforcement SUV during a protest on Jan. 13, and the encounte...
Publicly available bystander videos of the shooting that killed circulated immediately and have been published and verified by major outlets, but the specific from Pretti’s own phone and from federal ...
Reporting from multiple outlets says suffered a broken rib during a confrontation with roughly a week before he was fatally shot, but publicly available, independently verified medical documentation h...
Full, unedited bystander and surveillance videos collected and analyzed by multiple news organizations show moving toward and being wrestled to the ground by , with one or more agents emerging from th...
Staff at the publicly honored as colleagues gathered and observed and tributes when news of reached the VA campus, and images and video of those rituals circulated in multiple outlets . Reporting show...
There is no reporting in the provided sources that establishes any family, genealogical, or personal relationship between and player ; the coverage about Pretti focuses on his and community response, ...
Federal and independent news outlets report that the main publicly available material in the case consists of multiple bystander videos and photos, plus a DHS-released photograph of a firearm and agen...
Multiple news organizations published and verified video that appears to show clashing with federal immigration agents roughly 11 days before he was fatally shot in ; the footage shows him confronting...
Available reporting does not support a conclusion that ""; public officials and some administration spokespeople have characterized his actions as obstruction or assault, but contemporaneous video, pr...
Multiple — some uploaded to social media and others shared directly with news organizations — document the moments leading up to and including the ; major outlets have verified several distinct clips ...
Raw footage of the shooting that exists in multiple bystander videos and reportedly on officers’ body‑worn cameras and on a phone Pretti was holding, but the full official video from federal sources h...