Woman who filmed Alex Pretti ICE killing breaks her silence

In Minneapolis, Stella Carlson — dubbed the “pink coat lady” — was on her way to paint children’s faces when she stopped and filmed the fatal Jan. 24 encounter in which federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse. Videos and multiple eyewitness accounts show Pretti holding a phone and appearing to help a woman before agents force him to the ground, take his holstered firearm, and then fire multiple shots; officials initially claimed he approached agents with a gun, but the footage does not clearly show him brandishing it before he was shot, and federal reviews haven’t documented him raising a weapon. Carlson’s recording has become central to public scrutiny of the shooting and broader questions about federal enforcement conduct and accountability.