Overview
- Hennepin County’s medical examiner found Pretti died of multiple gunshot wounds inflicted by law enforcement and classified the death as homicide, a ruling that does not itself determine criminal liability.
- ProPublica identified the agents as Jesús Ochoa and Raymundo Gutiérrez, and DHS confirmed both, deployed to Minneapolis under Operation Metro Surge, were put on administrative leave.
- The Justice Department opened a civil-rights investigation with participation from the FBI and the Civil Rights Division.
- U.S. District Judge Eric C. Tostrud dissolved a temporary restraining order that had barred destruction of evidence, finding prosecutors had not shown the government was likely to mishandle preservation.
- Bystander videos and witness accounts show no footage of Pretti pointing or firing a gun and include a clip suggesting he was disarmed before shots, undercutting early statements from DHS leaders and President Donald Trump that blamed him.