Governor Tim Walz announces that has ordered the activation and deployment of the Minnesota National Guard to Minneapolis, following today’s shooting of a 37-year-old male by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announces that the game scheduled for today between the Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center in Minneapolis has been postponed, following today’s shooting of a 37-year-old male by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Italy’s flagship airline ITA Airways has cancelled all overnight flights to and from Israel until at least January 27, citing “regional tensions” likely related to Iran.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti has been identified as the 37-year-old male who was shot and killed by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) during a scuffle today in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pretti had no extensive criminal record and worked as a nurse with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

The Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Adm. Brad Cooper, met earlier this evening with Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other senior officials to discuss potential strikes against Iran, with Israeli officials reportedly demanding that any attack include strikes against Iran’s surface-to-surface missile systems and government institutions, according to Channel 13.

In footage from the immediate aftermath of the shooting today in Minneapolis of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) can be seen searching for a gun, with one clearly stating, “Where’s the gun?” The agent in grey who was seen removing the gun from the waistband of Pretti before the shooting then says that he has it. More evidence suggesting that Pretti was unarmed when shot by agents in Minneapolis.

President Donald J. Trump told the New York Post that a secret new weapon he calls “The Discombobulator” was essential to last month’s raid on the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, that resulted in the successful capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Trump stated that the mysterious weapon “made [enemy] equipment not work,” but that he’s not allowed to talk about it, during an exclusive interview in the Oval Office.

According to the Hebrew-language daily newspaper Israel Hayom, there is major split in both the Trump Administration and among U.S. allies in the Middle East regarding a potential attack against Iran. Those in favor of strikes against Iran are said to include:

- Vice President JD Vance
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
- Britain
- Israel
- United Arab Emirates

Those opposed:

- Special Envoy Jared Kushner
- Special Envoy Steve Witkoff
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar

Soldiers with the Minnesota National Guard have been deployed to secure the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building and the site of today’s shooting by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, under orders from Governor Tim Walz.

Speaking to reporters earlier at the FEMA’s Headquarters, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem blatantly lies about today’s shooting by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, stating:

“An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. Fearing for his life and for the lives of his fellow officers around him, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics were on the scene immediately and attempted to deliver medical aid to the subject, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect also had two magazines with ammunition in them that held dozens of rounds. He also had no ID. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.“

All footage from the incident shows the victim, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, with his phone in his hand the entire time, never once is he seen with the handgun - he was legally carrying - in his hand. The only person seen with Pretti’s gun is an agent who removed it from his waistband before the first shots were fired. Everything suggests he was unarmed when shot by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Secretary Kristi Noem now claims that the victim killed in today’s shooting in Minneapolis was attacking the agents, while falsely stating that he was “brandishing” the gun towards agents, a gun he was legally carrying under the Second Amendment.

Secretary Kristi Noem suggests that Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the victim of today’s shooting by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, was a domestic terrorist and committed an act of domestic terrorism because he was carrying a firearm during a demonstration against the government, actions that are supported under both the First and Second Amendment.

Convoy of military vehicles with the Minnesota National Guard seen arriving earlier outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.

Following today’s shooting in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announces that Senate Democrats will block the upcoming appropriations bill if it includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security, almost insuring another government shutdown at the end of January.

Zach Duckworth, Republican member of the Minnesota State Senate, calls for a “tactical pause” following today’s shooting in Minneapolis by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Minnesota National Guard seen near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis.

Newly published footage of today’s shooting of 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti by agents with Border Patrol and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.