Arrests and Legal Scrutiny Follow Spate of Violent Incidents as Witnesses Challenge U.S. Agent Shooting

Overview

• Two sworn witnesses say Alex Pretti was unarmed when federal agents fatally shot him in Minneapolis, contradicting the Department of Homeland Security’s account that he approached with a gun, according to affidavits filed by the ACLU.
• Police in São Paulo detained a 19-year-old identified as Pablo Yuri after security footage linked him to the armed street robbery of journalist Maria Prata, who had posted video of the crime.
• Brazilian artist MC Tuto remains in preventive custody after allegedly striking a 20-year-old pedestrian with a Porsche during an unauthorized video shoot in Barueri, a case registered as attempted qualified homicide.
• Pedro Arthur Turra Basso faces possible indictment for attempted homicide after a brutal assault in Águas Claras left a teenager in intensive care with a severe traumatic brain injury.
• Emergency crews in Brasília treated 72 people near a Nikolas Ferreira event after a lightning strike, sending 30 to hospitals and reporting eight in unstable condition.