Minnesota AG Secures Restraining Order Against DHS Over Shooting

ST. PAUL (WJON News) -- The Minnesota Attorney General's Office has won a temporary restraining order against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Attorney General Keith Ellison says the state has won a temporary restraining order preventing DHS from altering or destroying evidence related to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by DHS agents.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 25: A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti, an ICU nurse at a VA medical center, died on January 24 after being shot multiple times during a brief altercation with border patrol agents in the Eat Street district of Minneapolis. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The lawsuit was filed on Saturday on behalf of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. Ellison says as long as he has the honor of being Attorney General, he will fight for and defend the rule of law in Minnesota, and both the rule of law and the sense of justice we all carry with us demand a full, fair, and transparent investigation into Pretti's death.

What agencies are all named in the lawsuit?

The suit names the DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs Border Patrol (CBP), the U.S. Border Control, their respective leadership, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as defendants in the case.

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Source: Minnesota Attorney General Secures Order To Protect Evidence In Pretti Shooting Case

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