DOJ Conducts Civil Rights Probe in Shooting Death of Alex Pretti

The US Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into the death of Minnesota nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot numerous times by federal agents last week.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department is conducting a probe of the Jan. 24 shooting of Pretti during a protest against the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security also is investigating the shooting by its agents.

“We’re coordinating with them. We’re not working against them,” Blanche told reporters Friday, referring to DHS. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in ...