Minnesota Prosecutors Open Investigation After Alex Jeffrey Pretti Shooting

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Hennepin County prosecutors opened an independent investigation into the Jan. 24 fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, officials confirmed.

Court documents and forensic audio analysis show bystander video and two eyewitness statements that Pretti held a cellphone and was pinned before agents fired at least 10 shots in under five seconds, although Department of Homeland Security officials dispute those findings.

The White House distanced President Donald Trump from early characterizations by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration was "reviewing everything," officials said.

Court filings show Operation Metro Surge deployed about 3,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities and that Pretti's death was the second January fatality after the Jan. 7 killing of Renée Nicole Good, court records show.

U.S. District Judge Kate Menendez scheduled a Jan. 26 hearing on motions to preserve evidence and to consider temporarily halting federal immigration enforcement, and Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI are conducting parallel probes, court records and officials said.