US federal agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, the second time this month that someone has been killed in the city during the implementation of the Trump administration's anti-immigration policies, BBC Serbian reports today.
Local officials identified him as 37-year-old Alex Pretty, a U.S. citizen who lived in Minneapolis and worked as a medical technician.
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Video footage has emerged showing a fight between Border Patrol agents and a man before the shooting.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the agents fired in self-defense after Pretti, who they say had a gun, resisted their attempts to disarm him.
Eyewitnesses, local officials and the victim's family disputed that statement, pointing out that he had a phone in his hand, not a weapon.
His parents accused the administration of spreading "sick lies" about what happened, BBC Serbian reports.
"We pray that the truth about our son be revealed," they added.
The incident, which came just over two weeks after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Goode by an immigration agent, led to further protests and renewed calls from local leaders for federal agents to leave the city.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump accused Minneapolis Mayor and Minnesota Governor Tim Volk of inciting a "riot".
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