Border Patrol agents placed on leave over Pretti’s shooting | World | News
Two US Border Patrol agents involved in the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minnesota have been placed on “administrative leave”, according to DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin. The intensive care nurse was shot dead on January 24. A Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent on Tuesday, January 28, that two officers had fired shots during the deadly shooting. The notice didn’t appear to confirm claims made by federal officials that the nurse was “brandishing” a gun at the time of the incident. On Wednesday, a Customs and Border Patrol spokesperson confirmed two agents involved in the incident had been placed on leave, adding this was “standard protocol”. It was not immediately clear when the agents, who have not been publicly named, had been put on leave. The standard protocol normally sees federal law enforcement agents involved in a shooting being placed on administrative leave during the course of the investigation into the incident. Explaining what this measure normally means, Scott Sweetow, a former special agent in charge for the Bureau …


