Two Border Patrol agents who shot and killed protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on paid administrative leave, as President Trump orders full investigation

Within seconds of being taken down by officers, the 37-year-old ICU nurse was shot around ten times on Saturday, by CBP officers

The agents, who are yet to be identified were placed on an automatic administrative leave for at least three days

On resumption they will be desk bound, barred from immigration enforcement operations in the field

Voices for removal of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, have grown louder, to the consternation of the president

Trump administration Monday banished Secretary Noem from internal immigration operations, confining her to ‘securing the southern border’ only

Shakeup following Saturday’s shooting also ensnared Gregory Bovino, the US Border Patrol commander-at-large, who has been ordered to leave Minneapolis

The two Border Patrol agents who shot and killed protester Alex Pretti [photo], in Minneapolis on Saturday, have been placed on paid administrative leave. He was the second person shot dead by ICE in Minnesota within a week

The two Border Patrol agents who shot and killed protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on paid administrative leave. 
Pretti, 37, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday during a targeted immigration enforcement operation. The ICU nurse died after he was shot around ten times, while being held down on Saturday.
Following the shooting, DHS and Border Patrol officials portrayed Pretti as an instigator who ‘brandished’ a weapon at officers. However, a new Border Patrol report confirms that two agents fired the ten shots at Alex Pretti that killed him, with no mention of the nurse ever taking out his gun.
Sources in Homeland Security confirmed that the agents, who have not been identified, were suspended amid an investigation into the shooting. 
The agents were reportedly given mental health support as standard procedure, and were placed on an automatic administrative leave for at least three days. 
When the agents return, they will not be allowed out on the field and will be given desk roles, sources say. 

Pretti had been at a protest against CBP antics in Minnesota where a mother-of-three had been shot and killed the previous week. Within that time span a third person had been shot before being arrested for attempted murder, allegedly after attacking an ICE agent with a broom handle

The move follows mounting scrutiny on the shooting of Pretti on Saturday, which came just weeks after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed anti-ICE protester Renee Good in Minneapolis. 
The officer involved in Good’s shooting, Jonathan Ross, was placed on administrative leave.
The tense situation has escalated with many in the public space calling the killings murder.
Public reaction to the shooting of Pretti, an American citizen by officers of the Custom and Border Patrol has created several uneasy months for the administration.
Following the death of Pretti, President Trump has called for a full investigation into the killing, in contrast to the reaction of Trump officials, who initially attempted to portray Pretti as a ‘domestic terrorist’ because he had a legally-owned firearm at the time he was shot.
However a new government report has undermined allegations he ‘brandished’ the weapon. 
The new report which was submitted to Congress, alleged that when an officer shouted ‘gun’ during his arrest, there was no evidence Pretti had taken it off his hip. 
Footage of the shooting that circulated social media appeared to show that a border patrol agent had disarmed Pretti moments before he was shot several times in the back while he was prone on the ground. 
Bodycam footage also show that the shooting happened within five seconds of Pretti being on the ground, with his hands pinned by several agents piled on top.

Pretti, 37, was shot dead in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week during a targeted immigration enforcement operation. He was shot at least ten times as he lay on the ground with CBP agents pile on top of him

According to the new report, which was shared as a requirement for congressional committees to review any deaths in CBP custody within 72 hours, the shooting unfolded around 9am Saturday when agents were confronted by protesters. 
Agents said they were faced with protesters ‘yelling and blowing whistles’ at them, while also blocking the roadway at the intersection of 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue. 
After making ‘several verbal requests’ for the protesters to stop, CBP claims two women confronted the agents while blowing whistles. They were ordered to get out of the roadway but refused.
They said that the women were then ‘pushed away’ and one of them ran to Pretti, with both again refusing to leave the roadways.
The officer then deployed pepper spray at both of them, while attempting to arrest Pretti.
‘CBP personnel attempted to take Pretti into custody. Pretti resisted CBP personnel’s efforts and a struggle ensued,’ the report claims.
‘During the struggle, a (Border Patrol agent) yelled, ‘He’s got a gun!’ multiple times.’

Pretti [left],was seen facing off with federal agents before he was taken down and shot. The footage seemingly indicate that he had no weapon in his had, contrary to the claims by federal officials that he was ‘brandishing’ a firearm before he was shot

Time span of Pretti’s interaction with CBP officers leading up to the fatal shooting at close range by ICE agents, as he lay on the street in Minnesota, on January 4, was about 26 seconds and not more than 5 seconds when he was finally on the ground

The report continues: ‘Approximately five seconds later, a (Border Patrol agent) discharged his CBP-issued Glock 19 and a (Customs and Border Protection officer) also discharged his CBP-issued Glock 47 at Pretti.’ 
Within five seconds, one agent and one officer discharged the shots, with one using a Glock 19 and the other a Glock 47.
An agent took possession of Pretti’s gun and cleared and secured it shortly after the shooting.
CBP tried to save Pretti’s life by putting chest seals on his wounds at 9:02am, with EMS and EMTs arriving three minutes later.
Pretti was taken in an ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center at 9:14am, where he was pronounced dead at 9:32am.

Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security Secretary, [photo], claimed after the shooting that officers ‘clearly feared for their lives’. Her rhetoric was found to be unsavory by the White House, and she has been banished from US interior immigration activities

Gregory Bovino, [center], the US Border Patrol commander-at-large, who said Pretti planned to ‘massacre’ federal agents when he was killed, has been ordered to leave Minnesota by the Trump administration

It has been reported that that a DHS investigation is ongoing and The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General has been notified, a CBP spokesperson said.
Following public outcry over remarks made by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about Pretti, especially painting the victim a ‘domestic terrorist’, Trump reportedly, displeased with the handling of the deteriorating situation in Minnesota summoned the secretary to a White House meeting late Sunday.
On Monday the White House made it known that Noem was ordered to shift her focus away from interior immigration enforcement operations and concentrate instead, on securing the Southern Border.
Those duties were handed instead to Noem’s longtime rival, White House Border Czar Tom Homan.