The Brief
- New court filings say the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security have paused sharing critical case information in the Operation Metro Surge shooting investigations.
- State and local officials say investigators still do not have the gun that killed Alex Pretti, the agents’ cellphones or the agents’ recorded statements.
- Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s office says it has no update on possible charges for the federal agents involved in the shootings.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A new pause in federal cooperation is again slowing Minnesota’s review of the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis.
Federal evidence sharing stalls again
According to court documents filed in federal court Tuesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said, even after a brief period of cooperation this summer, they have not received all evidence related to three federal officer-involved shootings during Operation Metro Surge.
Local perspective:
Federal authorities barred state investigators from entering and gathering evidence at the Operation Metro Surge shooting scenes of Alex Pretti, Renee Good and Julio Sosa-Celis. While, according to court documents, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office have been doing their own investigations into the federal ICE and border patrol agents involved in the shooting with the evidence they do have, the two agencies have also been trying to get the federal evidence. The state eventually sued the federal government over the lack of access.…