The Trump Administration’s Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino struggled to clearly answer questions about Saturday’s shooting of a legally armed US citizen posed by CNN‘s Dana Bash on Sunday.
When asked by Bash if Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti ever pulled out his weapon to threaten law enforcement, Bovino did not give a straight answer.
‘We do know that the suspect did bring a weapon, a loaded nine-millimeter high-capacity handgun, to a riot,’ Bovino told Bash.
‘We do know that as far as what happened in that intervening moment, with the video that you just that you just showed, that’s going to come to light through the investigation that’s being investigated, and those facts and those questions will be answered soon enough,’ Bovino continued.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino speaks during a press conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 22, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota