BP commander calls Pretti a threat, videos/eyewitnesses seem to show otherwise.
January 24, 2026
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1:32Now PlayingBP commander calls Pretti a threat, videos/eyewitnesses seem to show otherwise.
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as posted by the channelBorder Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino held a press conference portraying CBP shooting victim Alex Pretti as a dangerous assassin who was intending to “massacre” law enforcement.
For every one of Bovino’s assertions, there’s a growing amount of first-hand video and eyewitness accounts that point to the total opposite.
Bovino claims that Pretti approached law enforcement with a weapon. In fact, Pretti appears to be filming on his phone and then steps in front of an agent after he pepper sprays and pushes another bystander to shield her. MPD has confirmed Alex Pretti was licensed to own and carry a gun. There is no footage showing him pulling it on law enforcement during the encounter.
On the contrary, multiple videos, including a freeze-frame analysis of the one BT first posted this morning, show an agent appearing to remove the firearm from Alex Pretti’s holster before the first shot from CBP.
With more information still coming out, BT journalists remain in Minnesota and will continue to ensure the facts of this story are not distorted.
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