Courtesy: FOX 9MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KVRR/FOX 9) — The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed two federal officials fired shots that killed Alex Pretti last weekend. DHS says two officers, a Border Patrol officer and a Customs and Border Protection officer, each fired Glock pistols during Pretti’s shooting. The notice, which is required by law, states federal officials were reviewing body…
A makeshift memorial is placed where Alex Pretti was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer yesterday, in Minneapolis, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday. Officers tried to take…
FILE – U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino walks through a Target store Jan. 11, 2026, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A senior Border Patrol commander and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis as early as Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The expected departure of Border Patrol commander…
Federal agents stand outside a convenience store on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)MINNEAPOLIS, MN (KVRR) – A man has died after being shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on the morning of January 24, according to multiple sources. The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed the shooting, which took place around 9:00 A.M. They claim that…
Federal agents stand outside a convenience store on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that restricts immigration officers’ aggressive tactics in Minnesota, while Maine declined a request for more undercover license plates for U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles, citing “abuses of power” during the Trump administration’s…
This Aug. 7, 2025, satellite image shows construction of large white tents for a new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base outside El Paso, Texas. (Planet Labs via AP, File)EL PASO, T.X. (AP) — An immigrant from Nicaragua was found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility last week, federal officials said. Victor Manuel Diaz appears…
Courtesy: US Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) — Border Patrol Agents, ICE and Enforcement Removal Officers arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico in Fargo on Monday who had a protection-restraining order against him. The Border Patrol-Grand Forks sector says the man resisted arrest and assaulted one of the officers. The arrest report has been sent to the…
Caleb Coffey / Crookston Police Officer Sean Murphy POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — Minnesota BCA says Crookston Police Officer Sean Murphy is on standard critical incident leave for the shooting of a chase suspect on Monday morning. The BCA is investigating Murphy’s use of force and will turn its findings over to Polk County Attorney’s Office. The 7-year department veteran…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Pembina agents responded to an illegal crossing at the border and made arrests on Saturday, February 8. The U.S. Border Patrol Grand Forks Sector says a Small Unmanned Aerial System from Operation Stonegarden partners allowed agents to quickly locate and apprehend the illegal aliens and seize $16,000 of cash found on one of them. The…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Two men from Mexico were sentenced to federal prison for smuggling people across the U.S.-Canadian border into North Dakota. According to court records, 38-year-old Armando De Dios-Carrillo and 35-year-old Victor Manuel Perez-Aguilera, along with others, smuggled a group of Mexican nationals across the border in March, but were caught when the pickup they were using got…
