January 26, 2026

Chaos erupted in Minneapolis Saturday after hundreds of protesters faced off

against federal agents in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed man who

allegedly tried to intervene in the arrest of a criminal migrant.

One Homeland Security agent even lost a finger in the violence, according to DHS

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who posted photos of a sobbing

demonstrator — and the bloody, severed digit.

“In Minneapolis, these rioters attacked our law enforcement officer and one of them

bit off our HSI officer’s finger,” she posted on X, adding, “He will lose his finger.”

Tensions flared as law enforcement tried to secure the area around West 26th Street

and Nicollet Ave in South Minneapolis Saturday morning — where Alex Jeffrey Pretti

was shot and killed.

“About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law

enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of

the public and law enforcement,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a

statement after the incident.