Megyn Kelly weighed in on the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, saying she didn’t feel sympathy for the 37-year-old and criticizing protester actions around immigration enforcement.
“I know I’m supposed to feel sorry for Alex Pretti, but I don’t,” Kelly said on Monday, arguing that those who interfere with law enforcement operations assume responsibility for the consequences.
She said protests should be conducted peacefully without obstructing officers and warned that physical confrontations with Border Patrol or ICE agents can quickly escalate into dangerous situations.
Kelly added that resisting arrest — even without a gun — places people in grave danger.
“It’s very simple. If I felt strongly enough about something the government was doing, I would go out and protest,” Kelly said on her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” on Monday.
“I would do it peacefully, on the sidewalk, without interfering — not with a whistle, not with shouting, not with my body, not in any other way.”
“I would make my objections known without interfering, because interfering is where you go south.”
Kelly said that “laying hands on a police officer, a Border Patrol officer, or an ICE officer who is trying to conduct a law enforcement operation is a felony, and you are going to get arrested.”
She added that anyone is in “serious trouble” if they do “anything” that “resembles resisting.”
“That doesn’t give them the ‘right to shoot you,’ but it amps up the situation and the danger such that they may reasonably fear for their safety,” Kelly averred.
She said Pretti was among a group of “organized agitators” seeking to “disrupt law enforcement” and that he was “there being subversive.”
“He was not there to help,” she added.
“He was not there to assist law enforcement or make things easier for them. He was there with a loaded gun, looking to cause trouble for Border Patrol agents — and that trouble came back on him.”
Bystander video from the scene shows Pretti standing in a Minneapolis street during the federal immigration enforcement operation, holding what appears to be a cellphone as he films Border Patrol agents moments before the shooting.
The footage does not show Pretti wielding a firearm or pointing a weapon at officers in the seconds leading up to the confrontation.
Additional angles capture multiple federal agents rushing Pretti, forcing him to the ground and restraining him.
In the video, an officer appears to remove a handgun from Pretti’s waistband while he is already pinned on the pavement, surrounded by agents. Shots quickly rang out.
The footage shows an agent firing multiple rounds while Pretti is on the ground, a sequence that has fueled questions from critics and local officials about whether he posed an immediate threat at the moment deadly force was used.
The Post has sought comment from the Pretti family.
The White House has begun taking steps to cool tensions in Minneapolis, with President Trump signaling a shift away from his earlier hardline rhetoric.
He said Sunday that his administration is “reviewing everything” about the killing and declined to say whether the Border Patrol agent involved acted appropriately, telling The Wall Street Journal that officials would “come out with a determination.”
The White House has also moved to distance Trump from provocative claims by senior aides who initially labeled Pretti a “domestic terrorist,” emphasizing instead that the president wants investigators to follow the facts.
In a significant shake-up, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino — who oversaw the Minneapolis immigration operation and publicly defended agents’ conduct — is expected to be reassigned and leave the city this week, according to administration sources.
Trump announced he is dispatching border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota to oversee the situation directly, bypassing the normal chain of command and sidelining both Bovino and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from day-to-day control of the operation.
Homan will report directly to Trump, a move seen as an effort to reassert control amid mounting political fallout.
