Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’

Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun

Video recorded by witnesses to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday shows that the 37-year-old registered nurse was holding a phone, not a gun, when he was tackled and shot, directly contradicting the claims of senior Trump administration officials that he threatened to massacre" officers.

In the aftermath of the killing, which was recorded by multiple witnesses, the Department of Homeland Security released an image of a handgun, which Donald Trump referred to as the gunman's gun" in a social media post. Kristi Noem, the DHS secretary, said at a briefing that Pretti had approached US border patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun", though she later declined to say whether or not Pretti pulled the gun out.