Federal agents shot and killed a former Green Bay man during a protest in Minneapolis Saturday morning. Alex Pretti, 37, graduated from Preble High School in 2006, according to GBAPS officials.
Officials say Pretti, who worked as a nurse, was armed with a handgun at the time of the incident.
Video footage showed multiple agents wrestling Pretti to the ground before shooting him. Officers are then seen backing away from the man after firing at least one shot.
The Department of Homeland Security said the man approached agents with a firearm with two magazines.
"Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene," DHS said. "About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement."
The agency said agents were approaching a man wanted for violent assault when an armed person approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a handgun. DHS said officers attempted to disarm him, and the man resisted.
During a Saturday news conference, Border Patrol official Greg Bovino said the man killed wanted to do "massive damage and massacre law enforcement."
O'Hara said the man shot by agents had no prior criminal history outside of traffic violations. He added that the man was licensed to possess a firearm.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey reacted to the video widely circulating social media.
"I just saw a video. Of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death," he said. "How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
Gov. Tim Walz, who has opposed ICE’s presence in Minnesota, condemned the shooting. The incident occurred one day after Vice President J.D. Vance visited the Twin Cities to express support for ICE’s activities.
“I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The president must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota,” Walz wrote.
Walz said Saturday afternoon that federal officials could not be trusted to lead the investigation and called on federal officials to cooperate with a state investigation.
In the moments after the shooting, a large police presence was seen as protesters clashed with officers.
President Donald Trump swatted away calls to end the operation in Minnesota.
"The Mayor and the Governor are inciting Insurrection, with their pompous, dangerous, and arrogant rhetoric," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Instead, these sanctimonious political fools should be looking for the Billions of Dollars that has been stolen from the people of Minnesota, and the United States of America. LET OUR ICE PATRIOTS DO THEIR JOB! 12,000 Illegal Alien Criminals, many of them violent, have been arrested and taken out of Minnesota. If they were still there, you would see something far worse than you are witnessing today!"
Saturday's incident marks the third involving a federal agent and a member of the community. Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Jan. 7 as she attempted to drive away.
One week later, a Venezuelan man was shot in the leg by an immigration officer amid a car chase.
Later Saturday, the NBA announced that the scheduled game between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves would be postponed due to the unrest.
Editor's note: The Associated Press originally reported the victim was a 51-year-old man.
