Overview
- ProPublica reported the shooters as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, both deployed to Minneapolis under Operation Metro Surge.
- CBP confirmed that two agents fired Glock pistols during the confrontation but has not released the officers’ names.
- The Hennepin County medical examiner found Pretti died from multiple gunshot wounds, listing the manner of death as homicide and noting he was shot by one or more police officers.
- The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the FBI have opened a civil-rights investigation, with DHS saying the FBI leads the criminal probe and CBP conducting a separate internal review.
- Bystander videos show pepper-spray used before Pretti was pinned and shot, analyses suggest his handgun may have been taken before shots were fired, and Minneapolis officials say state investigators initially were denied access until a court order secured evidence.