Pretti family seeks answers nine months after Minneapolis shooting
Parents of Alex Pretti accuse the Department of Justice of violating their rights and demand transparency in their son's death.
KEY POINTS
- Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot and killed by immigration agents in Minneapolis in January.
- His parents accuse the Department of Justice of violating their rights under a federal victims' rights law.
- The family's attorney sent a July letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche calling the DOJ's attitude cruel and unlawful.
- US Attorney Dan Rosen refused to provide information despite an evidence-sharing agreement announced on July 13.
- Pretti's parents and attorney will hold a news conference on October 27 at 11 a.m. CT.
Michael and Susan Pretti accuse the Department of Justice of violating their rights under a federal victims' rights law nine months after immigration agents shot and killed their son Alex in Minneapolis. The 37-year-old ICU nurse's death was captured entirely on video.
In a July letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, obtained exclusively by CNN, the family's attorney said they have received no substantive updates from the DOJ regarding the investigation and called the department's attitude cruel. The letter states the government's pattern of conduct is unconscionable and unlawful.
“The government's pattern of conduct is not only unconscionable, but unlawful.”
The Pretti family met with US Attorney for the District of Minnesota Dan Rosen on July 13, the same day Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced that federal officials had handed over volumes of evidence from the shooting. Despite a public acknowledgment of an evidence-sharing agreement, Rosen refused to provide information and would not confirm the arrangement.
The letter quotes Rosen as saying only that he cannot tell the family for all kinds of reasons, without providing a single one. CNN has reached out to the Department of Justice and the US Attorney for Minnesota.
Pretti's parents and attorney are set to address the media on October 27 at an 11 a.m. CT news conference, their first since his death. Footage from the shooting differed from the version of events provided by the Department of Homeland Security.
Kristi Noem, then-DHS secretary, initially described Pretti as a terrorist.
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