Two U.S. Border Patrol agents fired shots in Minneapolis during fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

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Two U.S. Border Patrol agents fired shots in Minneapolis during fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
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Two U.S. Border Patrol agents fired shots during the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last week, according to a report to Congress from the agency that CBS News obtained.

The conclusions were drawn after images from police body cameras and U.S. Customs and Border Protection documentation were analyzed, according to the AP.

Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal border agents on Saturday. According to the new report, border agents tried to arrest Pretti, who resisted. In the chaos, another federal agent reportedly shouted several times that Pretti was carrying a gun, after which two border agents fired the fatal shots.

A previous analysis of the incident shows that Pretti approached the officers with a cell phone in his hand. There is no indication that he attempted to use the weapon he was carrying.

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