India, Jan. 25 -- Eyewitness accounts of Alex Pretti's killing have detailed the brutal nature in which the Border Patrol agent took down the 37-year-old nurse in Minneapolis. The incident on Saturday took place at a time when Minnesota is on the edge after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good.

After today's killing, the Minnesota National Guard was called in to assist local law enforcement, as outrage and protests against federal agents have grown in the past weeks. Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino said that the agent fired in self defense, mirroring the stance of the Donald Trump government that has raised questions about why Pretti was carrying a gun. In Minnesota, it is legal to carry a gun and local authorities said...