A new, minute-by-minute reconstruction based on multiple verified videos presents a markedly different picture of the events leading up to the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse killed during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis.
The timeline, drawn from ABC News reporting and corroborated by multiple camera angles, raises fresh questions about official descriptions of what occurred and when. Early federal statements portrayed the encounter as one in which Pretti approached U.S. Border Patrol officers armed with a handgun and intent on causing harm. That account has since been challenged by bystander video and expert review.
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