MINNEAPOLIS ¨C Senior Trump administration officials on Sunday defended the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by immigration agents in Minneapolis even as video evidence contradicted their version of events and tensions grew between local law enforcement and federal officers.
As residents visited a makeshift shrine of flowers and candles in frigid temperatures and snow to mark Saturday¡¯s fatal shooting of Alex Pretti ¡ª the second shooting death involving federal officers in Minneapolis this month ¡ª Trump administration officials stated that Pretti assaulted officers, compelling them to fire in self-defense.
¡°The victims are border patrol agents,¡± Gregory Bovino, Border Patrol commander-at-large, told CNN¡¯s ¡°State of the Union¡± program.
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