The new york times posted a "moment by moment" breakdown of the shooting;
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.htmlSo all the rest of their article is irrelevant, we've trodden that ground
Here's what matters, they get to the meat of it in:
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The agent in the gray coat appears to pull a gun from near Mr. Pretti’s right hip. He then begins to move away from the skirmish with the recovered weapon.
At the same time, another agent unholsters his firearm and points it at Mr. Pretti’s bac
First shot fired
The agent in the gray coat removes the weapon, which matches the profile of a gun D.H.S. says belonged to Mr. Pretti, from the scene. Then, while Mr. Pretti is on his knees and restrained, the agent standing directly above him appears to fire one shot at Mr. Pretti at close range. He immediately fires three additional shots.
The NYT has no more details than anyone in PARD, they do not have any additional evidence beyond the public statements from DHS and videos
I've checked over the interwebs several times now to see if we'd get any confirmation on whether Pretti's gun was ever fired, or account of who actually shot first, and we
haven'tThe NYT basically just went out and said George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin unprovoked and out of the blue. Maybe this story
will pan out to be true, but if not, they just printed libel
Its still important that I keep noting we don't know what actually happened, not yet. And NYT doesn't know either. Did the p320 misfire and cause the officers to open fire? We don't know, they don't know, but the NYT just boldly claimed the officer fired first unprovoked
This post was edited by Goomshill on Jan 26 2026 01:44pm