AXIOS (Kyle Stokes) - Minnesota takes rare legal steps to ensure probe of Alex Pretti shooting
Within hours of a Border Patrol agent's killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday, Minnesota officials launched a series of extraordinary legal maneuvers to stake local authorities' claim to investigate the shooting. Why it matters: The moves are meant to counter what state officials and legal experts framed as unprecedented obstruction by federal authorities surrounding a shooting investigation that — under most circumstances — would involve state and local authorities. "This is uncharted territory," Attorney General Keith Ellison told reporters Sunday . "We've never had to do anything like this before." - "Closing the crime scene, sweeping away the evidence, defying a court order and not allowing anyone to look at it … This is an…
AI:Minnesota officials have launched legal actions to secure access to evidence and investigate a recent shooting involving a Border Patrol agent, Alex Pretti. State leaders, including Attorney General Keith Ellison and Governor Tim Walz, accused federal authorities of obstructing the investigation by physically blocking state investigators from the scene and defying court orders. A U.S. District Court judge has issued a temporary order barring the FBI and Department of Homeland Security from gathering evidence related to the shooting pending a hearing on Monday.Open