State officials have resorted to unconventional methods as they press forward with their own inquiries into the killings of Alex Jeffrey Pretti and Renee Good.

The Trump administration claims Alex Pretti approached officers with a handgun and agents fired “defensive shots”.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called for the federal government to allow state agencies to help investigate the ICE shooting of a woman in his city, saying there was "deep mistrust" of the federal agencies.

A judge ordered federal authorities not to destroy evidence from a fatal shooting by immigration agents. Videos directly contradict descriptions of the encounter by administration officials.

The incident followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother, on Jan. 7. The 37-year-old American citizen killed by a Border Patrol agent was identified as Alex Pretti, according to the AFGE Professional Local 3669, which represents professional employees affiliated with the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.

Minneapolis elected officials on Friday called for an independent investigation of the killing of a woman by immigration agents on the city’s South Side after federal law enforcement blocked state

Some Republicans are expressing growing concern about the tactics that federal immigration officials are using in Minnesota