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Feds turn over evidence in Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings to Minnesota after months of delayâ 8%
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7/13/2026, 11:58:47 PM
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Federal prosecutors turned over key evidence long sought by Minnesota investigators in their ongoing probe into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti during pitched protests against an immigration enforcement crackdown earlier this year, state prosecutors announced Monday. The progress came as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a motorist in Maine on Monday, and Houston prosecutors complained the administration was still withholding critical information in their investigation into a fatal shooting by an ICE officer last week. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the evidence turned over by U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosenâs office included previously withheld hard drives containing statements, police body camera video and other materials in the Minnesota killings. Federal prosecutors also turned over Goodâs badly damaged SUV, she said. âThe wonderful thing now is we have all the evidence,â Moriarty said. âAny time the government is responsible in whatever way of taking the life of a community member we need to have a full and thorough investigation.â Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was shot and killed in her vehicle while leaving an anti-immigration enforcement protest in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Her death and that of Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse shot and killed days later during a Jan. 24 protest, sparked outrage across the country and calls to rein in immigration enforcement. The Minneapolis immigration crackdown, dubbed âOperation Metro Surge,â ended in February after being billed as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever . At least nine people have been killed nationwide since the Trump administrationâs immigration enforcement campaign began last year. No one has been charged in connection with the deaths, and the federal government has suggested state prosecutors donât have jurisdiction to investigate federal officers. Lawyers for Goodâs family said the transfer of evidence represented âan important and meaningful step towards justice and accountability.â The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which took custody of the evidence, declared that âgreat strides have been madeâ to ensure a âthorough and complete reviewâ of the shootings. But a lawyer for Prettiâs family said Rosenâs office, in a meeting Monday afternoon, wouldnât confirm any cooperation agreement between state and federal agencies. âNo family should be required to beg federal authorities to do their job,â Steve Schleicher said in a statement. âWithout a public commitment by federal authorities to cooperate with the state, it is difficult â if not, impossible â to pursue justice that holds the individuals accountable for Alexâs death.â Spokespersons for Rosenâs office, as well as ICE and the federal Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement, didnât immediately respond to emails seeking comment Monday. Legal wrangling in another ICE-related shooting may have led to evidence release Moriarty on Monday declined to provide details on what prompted the federal government to turn over the evidence. But documents recently filed in a lawsuit brought by state and local officials suggest the breakthrough came after federal officials sought evidence state investigators gathered in the investigation of ICE agent Christian Castro. Castro, 52, was charged with assault and falsely reporting a crime in connection with the Jan. 14 nonfatal shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Prosecutors say Castro fired through a Minneapolis homeâs front door and shot Sosa-Celis in the thigh while in pursuit of another man. State and local prosecutors said they would provide evidence in Castroâs case as soon as the federal government agreed to share its evidence in the shootings of Pretti and Good. âWe are willing to share evidence with you if the exchange is reciprocal,â Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans wrote in a legal filing to federal officials. Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison later amended their lawsuit to add details about the federal governmentâs refusal to share the evidence collected in the fatal shootings. Days later, they said in a court filing that the FBI, U.S. Attorneyâs Office and state officials âhave recently re-engaged in discussions about the prospect of mutual information sharing.â Ellison, in a statement Monday, said he remains âdeeply troubledâ it took more than half a year for federal officials to hand over the materials. âIt should never have taken this long,â he said. âI hope that this is the beginning of a major course correction on the part of the federal government.â Moriarty added that sheâs not yet prepared to drop the lawsuit against the Trump administration, which seeks access to evidence in the three shootings. Houston investigators complain feds are leaving them in the dark Prosecutors in Houston, meanwhile, echoed similar concerns about obtaining critical information from federal officials as they look into last weekâs death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national who had lived in the U.S. for decades. DHS has acknowledged officers stopped Salgado Araujo while looking for someone else , but maintains the homebuilder rammed an ICE vehicle while attempting to leave the scene. The agency says that prompted an officer to open fire in self-defense, though it has yet to provide evidence to back up that claim. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said Monday that his office doesnât even know the identities of the ICE officers involved or where they are nearly a week later. âThe federal government has not invited us in,â Teare said. âThe federal government is not collaborating with us with this investigation.â The man killed Monday in Maine was from Colombia. Federal officers claimed he tried to use his vehicle as a weapon against officers pursuing him for deportation. The shooting took place in Biddeford, a coastal city of about 23,000 people roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Portland. Associated Press reporter John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed to this story.
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