Witnesses contradict Trump officials’ account of killing – as it happened

This blog is now closedMan shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as nurse Alex Pretti‘How many more Americans need to die?’: mayor lambastes TrumpIn a statement sent to the Guardian, assistant secretary of homeland security Tricia McLaughlin said that at 9.05am local time, “as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis” against a person they said was in the country illegally, who she said was “wanted for violent assault”, “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun.”McLaughlin said that “the officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted” and that “more details on the armed struggle are forthcoming.” Continue reading...