The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, federal officials said Friday.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Monday that the actions of Alex Pretti before he was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Saturday did not constitute domestic terrorism. “I don’t think anybody thinks that they were comparing what happened on Saturday to the legal definition of domestic terrorism,

President Donald Trump, in a post to his Truth Social account overnight, called Alex Pretti an "agitator" and "perhaps" an "insurrectionist" after video of Prett's interactions with federal agents on Jan. 13 surfaced on social media.

Hundreds gathered at Railroad Park for a prayer vigil honoring Alex Pretti, a nurse whose life was lost in a shooting involving federal agents, as the Justice Department opens a civil rights probe into his death.

A Fox News host grilled Deputy AG Todd Blanche over reports of internal frustrations about DHS officials calling Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist.