The two Border Patrol officers thought to have shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti have reportedly been placed on administrative leave.
Almost five days after Pretti's killing in Minneapolis, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported on Wednesday that the officers who shot the former VA nurse had been placed on leave "as part of standard protocol after a shooting."
The Department of Homeland Security has not named the two officers.
A government report sent to Congress this week claimed "Pretti resisted CBP personnel's efforts, and a struggle ensued. During the struggle, a BPA yelled, 'He's got a gun!' multiple times."
"Approximately five seconds later, a [Border Patrol agent] discharged his CBP-issued Glock 19, and a [CBP officer] also discharged his CBP-issued Glock 47 at Pretti. After the shooting, a BPA advised he had possession of Pretti's firearm," the report added.
Videos of the incident indicate that Pretti was disarmed before he was shot and killed.
It was not immediately clear if Jonathan Ross, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, was put on administrative leave after he shot Renee Good to death earlier this month.
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