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Sen. Thom Tillis\u2002<\/u><\/a>(R-N.C.) on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the latest fatal shooting involving a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent in Minneapolis, saying the American people are entitled to that \u201cbasic standard\u201d of accountability from law enforcement.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere must be a thorough and impartial investigation into yesterday\u2019s Minneapolis shooting, which is the basic standard that law enforcement and the American people expect following any officer-involved shooting,\u201d Tillis wrote\u2002in a post<\/u><\/a> on the social platform X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republican senator also urged federal, state and local government officials to work together and avoid drawing conclusions about what transpired before a proper investigation takes place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor this specific incident, that requires cooperation and transparency between federal, state, and local law enforcement,\u201d Tillis continued. \u201cAny administration official who rushes to judgment and tries to shut down an investigation before it begins are doing an incredible disservice to the nation and to President Trump\u2019s\u2002<\/u><\/a>legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital, has escalated tensions on the ground in the city, where demonstrations against the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown have continued since the fatal shooting of Renee Good, another 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, earlier this month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trump administration has defended the shooting<\/u><\/a>, saying the agent fired \u201cdefensive shots\u201d at Pretti, who had a gun that was recovered by federal authorities. Others have accused the agent of acting with excessive force, pointing to video footage that shows Pretti recording Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers with his phone before the incident escalated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But amid growing calls for an investigation into the incident, federal officials have resisted efforts from state officials to participate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The superintendent of Minnesota\u2019s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which investigates police shootings, told reporters Saturday that members of his agency were blocked from the scene of the shooting. A federal judge had earlier issued an order prohibiting the Trump administration from \u201cdestroying or altering evidence\u201d related to the shooting, The Associated Press\u2002reported<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Thom Tillis\u2002(R-N.C.) on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into the latest fatal shooting involving a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent in Minneapolis, saying the American people are entitled to that \u201cbasic standard\u201d of accountability from law enforcement.   \u201cThere must be a thorough and impartial investigation into yesterday\u2019s Minneapolis shooting, which is the basic standard that law […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[1899,9188,36094],"class_list":["post-53064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-investigation","tag-latest","tag-thorough"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53067,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53064\/revisions\/53067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}