New details to Congress reveal guns used, bodycam footage in fatal Border Patrol shooting of Minnesota nurse

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The Trump administration sent a notification to Congress on Tuesday, providing a "preliminary review" of the fatal Border Patrol shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, including the timeline of events leading up to the incident and new details about the officers who opened fire. Pretti, a U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) ICU nurse, was shot and killed Saturday by Border Patrol agents while recording federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. Video appeared to show him attempting to help a woman knocked down by agents, when he was sprayed with an irritant, pushed to the ground and beaten. Footage showed an agent pulling Pretti's suspected gun, a 9mm pistol, from his waistband before other agents fired nearly a dozen shots in his direction. BIDEN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN IN MINNESOTA, SAYS IT GOES AGAINST AMERICAN VALUES The report, compiled by the Border Patrol's Office of Professional Responsibility Investigative Operations Directorate, noted two federal agents fired at Pretti. One Border Patrol agent fired his CBP-issued Glock 19, and a second officer fired his CBP-issued Glock 47. The report also confirmed there was body-worn camera footage of the shooting, though it is unclear if it will be released to the public. Border Patrol agents (BPA) and Customs and Border Protection officers (CBPO) were conducting enforcement actions near the intersection of Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street in Minneapolis Saturday morning as part of "Operation Metro Surge." The report noted several civilians in the area were "yelling and blowing whistles." BPAs and CBPOs allegedly made several verbal requests for the civilians to stay on the sidewalks and out of the roadway, but tensions rose at about 9 a.m. local time, when a CBPO was confronted by two women blowing whistles. The officer allegedly ordered the women to move out of the roadway, but they did not move. NATALIE PORTMAN BLASTS TRUMP IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AS 'WORST OF THE WORST OF HUMANITY' As seen on witness video,…