Alex Prey's Confrontation with Federal Agents Before Fatal Shooting

Confrontation with Federal Agents

• 📹 Newly unearthed videos verified by Reuters show Alex Prey had a physical confrontation with federal agents 11 days before he was fatally shot.
• 🗣️ In the video, Prey is seen cursing, shouting, and spitting at a vehicle, wearing clothing similar to what he had on when he was killed.
• 💥 He then kicks a taillight, shattering it, before agents exit their vehicle and push him to the ground as they deploy gas into a crowd of protesters.
• 🚶‍♂️ The agents eventually allow Prey to walk away, and a gun is visible tucked into his waistband.

Fatal Shooting Incident

• 🔫 Videos from the day of the shooting show an agent removing a gun from Prey's waistband after he was restrained on the ground.
• 🎯 Seconds later, an officer fires the first shot into the back of Prey, who was then unarmed.
• 📜 Prey possessed a legal license to carry a concealed weapon.

Agents Involved

• 🕵️‍♂️ Little is known about the two agents who fired at Prey, identified as a Border Patrol agent and an officer with the US Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations.
• 🧑‍✈️ A union representative stated the involved border agent had approximately eight years of experience and extensive training in the use of force, firearms, and crowd control, describing the agent as seasoned, not a rookie.