In recent conversations with their 37-year-old son, Pretti’s parents had told him not to engage with federal officers. “We had this discussion with him two weeks ago or so, you know, that go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically,” Michael Pretti added, per CBS News. “And he said he knows that. He knew that.”
Family members of Pretti said that he owned a handgun and that he had a permit to carry in the state of Minnesota, but had never known him to carry the firearm.
DHS statement on fatal Border Patrol-involved shooting in Minneapolis:
Agency says an armed suspect approached BP agents during an operation to arrest a criminal illegal alien.
Agents attempted to disarm the subject, but the man resisted.
“The suspect also had 2 magazines and… pic.twitter.com/WjxlJV4JUg
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) January 24, 2026
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