President Trump described Alex Pretti’s death as “terrible” during an interview Tuesday on FOX News’s Will Cain Show, but made clear he didn’t “like the fact that he [Pretti] was carrying a gun.” Earlier on Tuesday, the New York Post reported that Pretti had “suffered a broken rib in a violent confrontation with agents a week before” the confrontation in which he was killed. It is unknown if he came to federal immigration officials’ attention during the confrontation the week before the shooting or if he had come to their attention before then.
Author: AWR Hawkins
Published at: 2026-01-27 22:16:37
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