A NCS analysis of video seems to show a federal immigration officer eradicating a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally taking pictures him.
Video reveals one officer reaching into the scrum of different officers in search of to restrain Pretti and retrieving a weapon that seems to match the firearm the Department of Homeland Security says Pretti possessed.
Officers will be heard shouting “he’s got a gun” when the unidentified officer reaches into Pretti’s waistband because the pile of officers attempt to subdue him. Just over one second after the officer emerges holding the weapon, a shot rings out, adopted by at the very least 9 extra, in accordance to movies.
Moments displaying agent retrieving gun prior to fatal taking pictures of Alex Pretti
The movies show that the officer who retrieved the weapon had nothing in his hand prior to approaching Pretti. It is unclear from the movies reviewed by NCS whether or not the officer who took the weapon from Pretti advised the others as soon as he had taken it away. It can be unclear which agent first fired at Pretti.
In an announcement, DHS claimed that an officer fired on Pretti, 37, whereas fearing for his life: “The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted…Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots.”
At no level in any of the movies reviewed by NCS can Pretti be seen wielding a weapon; he’s seen carrying a cellphone in a single hand earlier within the encounter.
The Minneapolis police chief stated Pretti was believed to be a lawful gun proprietor with a allow to carry.