Killing of Alex Pretti

2026 shooting by US Border Patrol agents

On January 25, 2026, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Killing of Alex Pretti, with 626,975 views. The rest of the day's top 10 is below.

On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident occurred amid widespread protests against Operation Metro Surge, especially following the killing of Renée Good on January 7 by a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

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