After the deadly shooting on Saturday, Miller took to social media to call Pretti a 'would-be assassin.'
by ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS | The National News DeskFILE - United States Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller reacts on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025.
, File) Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller admitted on Tuesday in an about-face that officials were investigating why Customs and Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis "may not have been following" proper protocol when ICU nurse Alex Pretti was fatally shot.A framed photograph of Alex Pretti, along with candles and an American flag, sits at a memorial outside the Minneapolis VA hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Minneapolis. Miller stated to CNN that the White House had "provided clear guidance to DHS that the extra personnel that had been sent to Minnesota for force protection should be used for conducting fugitive operations to create a physical barrier between the arrest teams and the disruptors."Pretti approached the Border Patrol officer with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, and as officers attempted to disarm him, Pretti "violently resisted." "Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots," she said. Bystander video, however, showed Pretti being swarmed by law enforcement and disarmed before being fatally shot. At the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump gave an unusual response when asked, "Do you believe that Alex Pretti's death was justified? "Well, you know, we're doing a big investigation. I want to see the investigation. I'm going to be watching over it. I want a very honorable and honest investigation. I have to see it myself," he responded. Since then, Trump has appeared frustrated with Noem's response to the shooting amid backlash from bipartisan lawmakers. He reportedly had a two-hour meeting with Noem on Monday, though Trump noted she is"The border is totally secure," Trump told reporters. "You know, you forget we had a border that I inherited where millions of people were coming through. Now we have a border where no one is coming through. They come into our country only legally."A man in handcuffs runs to avoid being detained by federal immigration agents on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Minneapolis. “Everybody in this room that has a business, you know, you make little changes," he said. "You know Bovino is very good, but he’s a pretty out-there kind of a guy, and in some cases, that’s good, maybe it wasn’t good here.”in the shooting of Pretti. The determination was made after a preliminary review of body-worn camera video and agency documentation.The Pierce County Sheriff's Office is invesigating after two poeple and a dog were found dead from gunshot wounds in rural Pierce County Tuesday afternoon.The PAudit: King County parks grant program needs stronger oversight as funding growsTacoma police arrest DOC-supervised offender for string of parking lot robberies Prosecutors in Pierce County have filed dozens of charges against a man accused of targeting older victims in a series of parking lot robberies spanning months.A man in a black jacket was tackled to the ground and escorted out of the building by security after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a
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