Vice President JD Vance has declined to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti after sharing claims describing him as an “assassin.”
Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis in January during an enforcement raid.
Last month, Vance reshared a post on X from Stephen Miller, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, which said: “An assassin tried to murder federal agents and this is your response.”
When asked in an interview with the Daily Mail to apologize for endorsing the comments, Vance said this week: “For what?”
“If something is determined that the guy who shot Alex Pretti did something bad, then a lot of consequences are going to flow from that. We’ll let that happen… I don’t think it’s smart to prejudge the investigation,” he said.
Pretti’s death came after Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three, was also killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis in January. Authorities have placed the agents involved in the shootings on administrative leave as investigations continue.
The killings have sparked national outrage and protests. Civil rights groups and local officials are calling for accountability and changes to federal enforcement practices, while the Department of Homeland Security announced body-camera requirements for immigration officers in the city.
This is a developing story. More to follow.