The conclusions are from a report by the Department of Homeland Security, delivered to Congress. The document has been seen and is being cited by CNN and CBS.
At least two US Border Control Police (CBP) agents fired their respective weapons at Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis, on Saturday, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security, delivered to Congress on Tuesday.
In the document, seen and cited by CNN and CBS, it is explained that CBP agents were confronting Pretti, 37, when one shouted “there’s a gun!”.
“Five seconds later, a Border Patrol agent fired his Glock 19 and a Customs and Border Protection agent also fired his Glock 47 at Pretti,” according to the text cited by CNN.
The nurse was hit by around a dozen projectiles fired at close range on Saturday morning, when he tried to defend a woman who had been pushed by an immigration service agent.
After the shooting, the text details, “a Border Patrol agent reported that he had Pretti’s firearm in his possession.”
In videos recorded by witnesses, it can be seen that the weapon was removed from the nurse’s waist, who was on the floor and controlled by the police, before the officers shot him.
Pretti never held or tried to draw the gun.
