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Trump Removes Minneapolis Deportation Operation Commander After Fatal Shooting of Protester

Federal immigration agents fatally shot ICU nurse Alex Pretti/Pratti during a Minneapolis protest, and the White House signaled it will await investigations while shifting on-the-ground leadership.
President Donald Trump held calls on Monday with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey after the death of a protester who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents during demonstrations in Minneapolis.

The protester is identified in the provided account as Alex Pratti, a 37-year-old intensive-care nurse, who was protesting against federal agents sent to the city as part of an operation to remove undocumented immigrants.

Video from the scene is described as showing Pratti filming on his phone and recording what appears to be violence against protesters, including an agent pushing a female demonstrator.

The same account describes Pratti trying to assist other protesters who had been knocked to the ground, followed by a physical struggle in which agents are described as striking him while he was on the ground and then firing during the struggle.

Federal officials are described as claiming Pratti attempted to attack agents and threatened them with a handgun, while eyewitness descriptions in the same account state that a handgun was found later during a search and that he reportedly possessed it legally.

Trump is described as publicly asserting that Pratti intended to use the gun against immigration agents, while Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is quoted as rejecting the federal narrative.

Following the calls with Walz and Frey, public statements in the account describe a more conciliatory tone and operational adjustments.

Frey is described as saying Trump agreed the current situation could not continue and that some of the agents sent to Minneapolis could begin leaving as early as that day, without specifying a number.

Walz is described as calling his conversation with Trump productive and as saying Trump would consider reducing the number of immigration agents in Minnesota, and that the administration would ensure Minnesota could conduct an independent investigation into the shooting.

The account says Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Border Patrol official appointed by Trump to command the removal operation in Minnesota, is expected to leave Minneapolis along with some agents.

Bovino is described as having publicly defended the shooting, and as being scheduled to return to a prior post as chief patrol agent in the El Centro sector in California.

The Department of Homeland Security is described as saying he remains a central part of the president’s team.

The account also states that Tom Homan, identified as Trump’s “border czar,” will replace Bovino in Minnesota and oversee enforcement of the administration’s immigration policy, with Trump saying Homan had not been involved in the Minnesota operation up to that point.

The account adds that despite Bovino’s departure and the reported drawdown of some agents, enforcement actions against undocumented immigrants continued.

In a separate episode referenced in the same account, Minneapolis experienced an earlier fatal incident involving 37-year-old driver Renee Nicole Good, with competing claims described between the Trump administration and Minnesota and Minneapolis leadership over what occurred.

The account links both deaths to broader disputes over federal operations and the narratives offered afterward.

Confirmed vs unclear: Confirmed facts in the provided item include that Trump spoke on Monday with Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey; that federal immigration agents shot and killed a Minneapolis protester identified there as Alex Pratti, aged 37; that the protest occurred amid a federal immigration operation; that Bovino is leaving Minneapolis and is expected to return to El Centro, California; that Tom Homan is set to take over the Minnesota operation; and that the Government of Minnesota is described as pursuing an independent investigation.

What remains unclear within the provided details includes the definitive spelling of the protester’s surname (Pratti versus Pretti in other public references), the final investigative findings about the shooting, and the precise number and timeline of federal agents leaving Minneapolis.
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