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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., known as for a full investigation after a federal agent fatally shot a person who was allegedly armed in Minneapolis on Saturday, calling the incident “incredibly disturbing.”
Cassidy joined a refrain of Democratic lawmakers elevating questions following the shooting demise of 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex J. Pretti, who was killed by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday. Pretti allegedly confronted officers throughout a Department of Homeland Security operation in south Minneapolis and was carrying a gun, in keeping with the company.
“The events in Minneapolis are incredibly disturbing,” Cassidy mentioned in a publish on X. “The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake. There must be a full joint federal and state investigation.”
Cassidy added that “we can trust the American people with the truth.”
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Sen. Bill Cassidy known as for a full federal and state investigation after a Border Patrol agent fatally shot an armed man throughout a DHS operation in Minneapolis. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The Louisiana Republican’s feedback had been seemingly at odds with members of his social gathering, together with President Donald Trump, who mentioned in a publish on Truth Social following the shooting that federal brokers “had to protect themselves” due to the dearth of help from native police in Minneapolis.
“This is the gunman’s gun, loaded (with two additional full magazines!), and ready to go—What is that all about? Where are the local Police? Why weren’t they allowed to protect ICE Officers?” Trump wrote in the publish. “The Mayor and the Governor called them off? It is stated that many of these Police were not allowed to do their job, that ICE had to protect themselves—Not an easy thing to do!”
Last week, Trump pledged his endorsement for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow if she entered the GOP main in Louisiana, difficult Cassidy, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2015. Letlow launched her Senate bid days later.
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Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), throughout a information convention on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Cassidy was one of many Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump after the House impeached him in 2021. The Senate vote in the end fell in need of the brink required to convict Trump.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned throughout a information convention Saturday that the incident occurred whereas DHS officers carried out “targeted operations” in Minneapolis towards an unlawful immigrant with a violent felony historical past.
“An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun,” Noem mentioned, including that brokers tried to disarm him.
“The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently,” Noem mentioned. “Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots.”
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Noem mentioned Pretti had “two magazines with ammunition in them that held dozens of rounds” and no identification, including that “this looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.”
She mentioned DHS is investigating the shooting “just like we do all other officer-involved shootings,” including that further particulars can be forthcoming.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., mentioned throughout a information convention Saturday that “we need ICE out of Minnesota,” whereas putting blame on the Trump administration.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar known as for ICE to be faraway from Minnesota whereas criticizing the Trump administration following a deadly Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis. (Fox News )
“I have personally warned them that there would be more deaths, that more of this would happen,” she mentioned. “And clearly they’re not listening. So, we ask people around the country to talk to their Republican representatives to make clear that this is not the America that is ours. This has got to stop.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to Klobuchar’s feedback in an X publish Saturday, saying federal brokers shouldn’t be faraway from Minnesota.
“We need dangerous criminal illegal aliens out of Minnesota. The Democrats have their priorities completely upside down. They will not keep the American people safe,” she wrote.
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In his personal publish, Vice President JD Vance blamed “far left agitators” for the latest unrest in Minneapolis.
“This level of engineered chaos is unique to Minneapolis,” he posted on X Saturday night. “It is the direct consequence of far left agitators, working with local authorities.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for remark.
Fox News Digital’s Jasmine Baehr and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
