00:00U.S. immigration agents shot and killed another U.S. citizen in Minneapolis, sparking fierce protests and condemnations from local leaders, the second incident this month.
00:11The Department of Homeland Security says a Border Patrol agent fired in self-defense after the 37-year-old Alex Preti allegedly approached with a handgun and resisted disarmament.
00:21But bystander videos from the scene verified by Reuters showed the man holding a phone in his hand, not a gun.
00:28This as he tries to help other protesters who have been pushed to the ground by agents.
00:32The shooting of Preti drew hundreds of protesters to the neighborhood to confront the armed and masked agents.
00:38Demonstrations also broke out in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, among other cities.
00:42It also raised tensions between state and federal officials already at odds with the Trump administration over the shooting of another U.S. citizen, Rene Good, on January 7.
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