Lawyer for Alex Pretti's parents calls investigation "an absolute nightmare"
Only on WCCO, Susan and Michael Pretti — through attorney Steven Schleicher — discuss the investigation into their son's death.
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Only on WCCO, Susan and Michael Pretti — through attorney Steven Schleicher — discuss the investigation into their son's death.
Six months after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis amid Operation Metro Surge, officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security still aren't giving a clear answer on whether their officers are equipped with those devices in Minnesota.
The announcement comes amid criticism of DHS spending under Noem, and as Congress has allowed the department's funding to lapse.
Minnesota leaders are reacting Thursday to President Trump's announcement that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is leaving her post after facing increasing scrutiny following the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of federal immigration agents in Minneapolis.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced friendly Republicans and critical Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, where she testified about the administration's immigration agenda.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is getting grilled once again Wednesday about what she said after the shooting deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in confrontations with federal immigration agents in Minneapolis in January.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced skepticism from both sides of the aisle at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
Gov. Tim Walz is pressing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for information about how many federal agents remain in Minnesota.
The family of Renee Good is sharing their heartbreak publicly for the first time. They spoke to reporter Matt Gutman and CBS Evening News. Good was shot and killed nearly two months ago in a confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. WCCO's Ubah Ali reports on their message.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is investigating three ICE shootings — including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — without federal assistance.
A partial federal government shutdown is underway as lawmakers were unable to come to a funding agreement for the Department of Homeland Security by Friday's deadline, plus more of the day’s top stories.
On the same day that federal officials announced the end of Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota, a nightmare began for a family in Brooklyn Center. Conor Wight gives us a closer look at ICE agents apparently faking car trouble before detaining a father of six.
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give detained immigrants in Minnesota quick, private access to lawyers.
A major announcement from the White House's border czar has many Minnesotans cautiously optimistic, plus more of the day's top stories.
United Nations experts say the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis last month may have violated international human rights laws, plus more of the day’s top stories.
Border czar Tom Homan is scheduled to hold a news conference in Minneapolis on Thursday morning, according to the White House. Here's how to watch.
A prayer camp is now set up at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis, where Indigenous activists say they're praying for families impacted by ICE detentions.
There was a heated confrontation on a pedestrian bridge Tuesday in Richfield, Minnesota, where a woman confronted people voicing opinions against ICE — and eventually called 911.
Attorneys are hoping new filings in court could compel federal judges to order better access to immigrants held at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis — and better conditions for them.
At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020, and their documented wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority, a review by The Associated Press found.
There might be a plan to purchase thousands more body cameras for federal agents, but most officers right now do not have them. That's one among many takeaways at a pivotal hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday where lawmakers grilled the heads of ICE and Border Patrol about Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Tuesday that he expects the ongoing Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement actions in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota to last "days, not weeks and months."
The leaders of three major immigration agencies are testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday for the first time since the administration's recent crackdown in Minneapolis.
The White House says federal agents have arrested more than 4,000 undocumented immigrants in Minnesota since Operation Metro Surge began two months ago, plus more of the day’s top stories.
What does community safety look like with thousands of federal agents on Minneapolis streets? WCCO sat down with Todd Barnette, the city's community safety commissioner, to hear how the city is handling the surge of federal agents.
