Minnesota says feds stopped sharing evidence in Renee Good and Alex Pretti killings

Minnesota officials say in recent court filings that the federal government has stopped sharing evidence with state investigators. The investigators are looking into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers ¹.

The state sued the Trump administration in March for access to materials it said it needed for an independent investigation. The shootings happened during the administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis earlier this year ¹.

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A handover that stalled

In July, state prosecutors announced that federal authorities had begun turning over evidence. That included police body camera video and hard drives containing statements ¹. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said the state expected to receive "all the evidence" ¹.

State investigators now say the transfers stopped soon after. Moriarty said the U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota told her on Sept. 10 that sharing was on pause indefinitely "in light of challenges with D.C.," according to the documents ¹.

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Fox 9 in Minneapolis reported that the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security did not answer questions about why the pause began or when sharing might resume ².

What the state still lacks

Drew Evans runs the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the state's investigative agency. He said in a legal declaration that federal authorities still hold Good's clothing, the cell phone of the officer who killed her, and interview recordings state authorities have never seen ¹.

Evans said the state also has not received a recorded statement from an officer who shot Pretti. It lacks the firearms used by the officers, their phones, projectiles and casings, and a gun taken from Pretti before he was shot ¹.

State prosecutors have again asked a judge to order the handover. They argue federal agencies "have identified no legal authority or rational basis justifying their obstruction of state criminal investigations" ¹.

The federal position

In a reply filed Tuesday, Justice Department attorneys argued that they have discretion to decline to share information with state authorities. They cited the department's rules for answering record requests, known as the Touhy regulations. Those rules apply only when formal legal proceedings are underway, and the attorneys said no court case was active when Minnesota made its requests ¹.

The administration has also suggested that state prosecutors lack jurisdiction to investigate federal officers. Minnesota officials say they do not trust the federal government to investigate itself ¹.

Through the cooperation of our federal partners, we have obtained the hard drives of previously withheld evidence.

Why it matters

An ICE officer fatally shot Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, on Jan. 7 as she was leaving a Minneapolis protest. ICE is Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal officials said at the time that the officer acted in self-defense ¹.

Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, was killed weeks later by a federal officer. No criminal charges have been filed in either case ¹. Moriarty's office has no update on possible charges against the federal agents ².

That matters because the evidence is held by the same government whose officers fired the shots. Until a judge rules, state prosecutors cannot say what the missing phones, guns and interviews show. A judge has yet to rule on the state's new request.

The Record

1. Jan 7, 2026An ICE officer fatally shot Renee Good, 37, in Minneapolis ¹.
2. Jul 13, 2026Moriarty and Evans announced that federal authorities had turned over previously withheld evidence ².
3. Sep 10, 2026Moriarty says the U.S. Attorney's Office told her evidence sharing was paused indefinitely ¹.
4. Oct 16, 2026Fox 9 reported new filings saying cooperation had stopped again ².

Sources

1. ABC News (AP), “Trump administration stopped sharing evidence in Good and Pretti killings, Minnesota officials say” (2026-10-23). abcnews.com/US/wireStory/trump-administration-stopped-sharin
2. FOX 9, “Metro Surge shootings: Feds stop sharing evidence with MN investigators” (2026-10-16). fox9.com/news/metro-surge-shootings-feds-stop-sharing-eviden

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