Following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, US President Donald Trump has said his administration is “reviewing” the situation.
Speaking to the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, he did not answer twice when pressed if the officer that shot Pretti had done the right thing. Instead, he replied by saying his administration is “reviewing everything and will come out with a determination”.
He also told the paper that he doesn’t “like any shooting”, but added that he doesn’t like when someone goes to a protest with a “very powerful, fully loaded gun… that doesn’t play good either”.
His administration had previously defended the officer who shot Pretti, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Pretti was shot because he was “brandishing” a gun.
Local authorities deny this, saying that the gun was legally registered and that Pretti was shot after the firearm was removed.