Feds enter ‘evidence sharing’ agreement with Minnesota and hand over ICE shooting hard drives

Published July 13, 2026 3:04pm ET | Updated July 13, 2026 3:04pm ET



The federal government will hand over evidence to Minnesota law enforcement from three January officer-involved shootings that caused uproar over the Trump administration’s deportation strategy.

The announcement comes six months after two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, died after being shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Also in January, an ICE officer allegedly shot Venezuelan national Julio Sosa-Celis in the leg after firing through the wall of a house he was in. Prosecutors charged Christian Castro, the federal agent involved in the Sosa-Celis incident, though the officers in the Pretti and Good shootings remain under investigation.

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