Federal agents appeared to remove a handgun from Alex Pretti’s waist seconds before shooting him on the streets of Minneapolis, according to multiple videos as controversy over the killing explodes nationwide. A Border Patrol agent, who has not been publicly identified, fatally shot Pretti, a 37-y ear-old intensive care nurse, during protests against President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Federal agents appeared to remove a handgun from Pretti’s waist seconds before shooting him dead, multiple videos show. As outrage spread of the lastest slaying, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats in the Senate would not back any spending package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. That could lead to another government shutdown when the current deal expires on Jan. 30. “What’s happening in Minnesota is appalling — and unacceptable in any American city,” Schumer said. “Because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE.” The protests stemmed in part from another deadly shooting in Minnesota, in which an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman, Renee Good, in her car. “When they’re killing two constituents in my state, and they’re taking 2-year-olds out of the arms of their mom…No, I am not voting for this funding,” Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” vowing to join Schumer in opposing the spending bill. Some Republicans also expressed dismay at Pretti’s shooting, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) posting, “Carrying a firearm is not a death sentence, it’s a Constitutionally protected God-given right.” Videos of Sunday’s shooting show several agents surrounding and struggling with Pretti as he kneels on the ground. One angle shows an agent reach his hand toward Pretti’s waist. The hand then briefly disappears from view, then can be seen again holding a handgun. People embrace near the site where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot to death by federal agents Saturday. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Just seconds later, a shot rings out, then multiple shots are heard as the agents shoot and kill Pretti. Another video captures the agents talking later and one asks, “Where’s the gun?” as Pretti’s body lies motionless in the street. The agent seen on video earlier reaching into Pretti’s waist responds, “I got the gun.” Pretti was licensed to carry a handgun in Minnesota, though no videos of the incident show him holding the weapon or threatening officers with it. The Department of Homeland Security claimed Pretti was shot after approaching officers with a weapon. However, the videos show him holding only his phone. That did not stop top Trump advisor Stephen Miller from calling Pretti a “would-be assassin” or Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from claiming he attacked the agents. Pretti’s family was outraged by those allegations. “The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting,” Pretti’s family said in a statement. “Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.” People mourn at a makeshift memorial in the area where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents earlier in Minneapolis. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images) Democrats including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called on the Trump administration to remove federal agents from the state and allow local authorities to investigate the shooting. “Minnesota believes in law and order. We believe in peace,” Walz posted Sunday on social media. “And we believe that Trump needs to pull his 3,000 untrained agents out of Minnesota before they kill another American in the street.” Protesters rallied in Minnesota, New York and elsewhere over the weekend with a message to stop the immigration crackdown and the killing of Americans in the streets, chanting Pretti and Good’s names. With News Wire Services ...read more read less