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CentralMass

(16,903 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:46 AM Yesterday

Medical examiner rules Alex Pretti death a homicide

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"The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has ruled that Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse who was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Minneapolis last month, died by homicide.

The report from Dr. Andrew Baker, posted to the county medical examiner’s public database, said that Pretti died in the emergency room at Hennepin County Medical Center after he was shot multiple times by federal agents on Jan. 24.
A division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FBI took the initial lead on the investigation into the shooting, but a federal judge ordered federal investigators on the day of the incident to preserve evidence it collects — after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office filed suit against Trump administration officials.

U.S. District Judge Eric C. Tostrud, an appointee of President Trump, barred federal investigators from “destroying or altering” evidence related to the shooting, including but not limited to “evidence that Defendants and those working on their behalf removed from the scene and/or evidence that Defendants have taken into their exclusive custody.”
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Medical examiner rules Alex Pretti death a homicide (Original Post) CentralMass Yesterday OP
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Means nothing Jersey Devil Yesterday #2
Well, with this administration, they could have tried to force a different conclusion. CentralMass Yesterday #3

Response to CentralMass (Original post)

Jersey Devil

(10,782 posts)
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Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:53 AM
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Homicide is not necessarily a crime. It merely means that a person caused the death of another person. Even if you kill another person in self defense it is still homicide.

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