Dana Bash clashes with Border Patrol commander over deadly shooting

CNN anchor Dana Bash spoke with Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino on Sunday about one other lethal taking pictures involving federal officers that befell in Minneapolis this weekend.

Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday. Footage of the incident confirmed an officer disarming Pretti shortly earlier than he was killed. He acquired into an preliminary scuffle with officers when he tried to assist one other protester who had been coerced by regulation enforcement.

An investigation into the taking pictures was launched, though Bovino beforehand claimed Pretti supposed to trigger “most injury” earlier than his demise.

“All of the movies we have seen present him documenting it together with his cellphone, which is a authorized factor to do, and the one time he appeared to have contact with regulation enforcement was after they went after him, when he was making an attempt to assist a person who was being subdued by regulation enforcement,” Bash mentioned. “So the place do you’ve gotten the proof that exhibits he tried to impede that regulation enforcement operation?”

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Mourners collect at a makeshift memorial within the space the place Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal immigration brokers a day earlier on January 25, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Octavio Jones/AFP/Getty Photos)

“In fact, Dana, he was within the scene first,” Bovino replied. “He was actively obstructing and assaulting regulation enforcement on the scene…“

“However that is not unlawful,” Bash interrupted. “He did not hinder it. He filmed it, which is authorized to do in the US.”

“Dana, do not freeze the decision. Now he was there for a purpose. And that purpose was to impede regulation enforcement,” Bovino responded.

Bash repeatedly requested Bovino what proof he had that Pretti had attacked regulation enforcement. Bovino responded that the proof was the de-escalation strategies deployed by officers towards Pretti, whom he known as a “suspect.”

Bash then advised that Bovino was “blaming the sufferer” after naming him a suspect and accusing him of involving himself in an enforcement operation.

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Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino beforehand claimed that Alex Pretti supposed to trigger “most injury.” (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Occasions)

“The victims are the Border Patrol brokers. I do not blame the Border Patrol brokers. The victims are the Border Patrol brokers. The suspect put himself in that scenario. The victims are the Border Patrol brokers there,” Bovino mentioned.

Bash additionally requested Bovino if he believed Pretti was inside his First and Second Modification rights to protest immigration operations and conceal a gun. Bovino emphasised that Pretti’s rights don’t prolong to “riot and assault, delay, obstruction and obstruction of regulation enforcement officers.”

“There isn’t any proof that he dedicated violence,” Bash argued. “And there’s no proof, until you’ve gotten it, and we wish to see it in the event you do, that he supposed to bloodbath regulation enforcement officers, aside from the truth that he was there and that he legally had a gun.”

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‘He was alleged to be there prematurely. Once more, Dana, he acquired there for a purpose beforehand,” Bovino mentioned.

Minneapolis was the main focus of tense interactions between ICE brokers and anti-ICE protesters. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Photos)

“How are you aware that? How are you aware that?” Bass requested.

“As a result of he was there, as a result of he was there,” Bovino responded.

Fox Information Digital has reached out to ICE and the Division of Homeland Safety for remark.

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Pretti’s demise got here lower than a month after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in her automotive in Minneapolis, in what federal officers mentioned was an act of self-defense when she drove towards him. Her demise sparked widespread protests and unrest within the metropolis.

Fox Information’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.