‘His gunshot wounds were being counted.’ Witness details Pretty’s killing in court filings.

The witness testified under oath that Pretty did not use a weapon. 

Federal agents later appeared to be counting Pretty’s

“gunshot wounds,” the witness wrote.

A witness in the shooting of a Minneapolis man by a Border

Patrol agent wrote in new court documents that he did not see

the 37-year-old ICU nurse point a gun and said federal agents 

“counted her gunshot wounds” instead of administering first aid.

The sworn statement, filed in federal court,

comes hours after the Jan. 24 shooting of Alex Pretty, a U.S.

citizen and Veterans Affairs ICU nurse who was facing

immigration agents conducting a raid in the city.

Pretty was licensed and had a gun, and federal officials said

shortly after the shooting that he planned to use it to commit 

“domestic terrorism.”

“I saw him yelling at the ICE agents, but I did not see him

attack the agents or display any type of weapon,”

the witness wrote in Pretty’s affidavit under threat of perjury. 

“Suddenly, an ICE agent pushed him to the ground.

My view of the struggle was partially obstructed, but a few

seconds later,

I saw at least four ICE agents point guns at the man.

Then I saw the agents shoot at least six or seven times.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters on Jan.

24 that “this individual who brought weapons and ammunition

to disrupt a law enforcement operation by federal law enforcement 

officers committed an act of domestic terrorism.”

The secretary said the semi-automatic handgun and two

magazines in Pretty’s possession indicated that he intended to

“do maximum damage and kill law enforcement.”

The announcement was made in the wake of a class action lawsuit 

brought by the ACLU of Minnesota against the Department

of Homeland Security,

which accuses the agency of using scare tactics like

“pre-World War II Germany or Pinochet’s Chile” to undermine

free speech protected under the First Amendment.

‘His bullet wounds are being counted’

According to court filings, the witness, whose name has been 

withheld, is a doctor who lives near the scene of the shooting.

On Saturday, the witness woke up to the sound of “screaming

from outside” and saw Pretty “screaming at ICE agents.”

“I saw him yelling at ICE agents, but I did not see him attack the 

agents or grab any kind of weapon,” the witness wrote.

“Suddenly, an ICE agent pushed him to the ground.

My view of the struggle was partially blocked, but seconds later,

I saw at least four ICE agents pointing guns at the man.

I then saw the agents shoot the man at least six or seven times.”

“I was confused as to why the victim was on his side, as this

is not standard practice,”

the pediatrician wrote. “Checking for a pulse and administering 

CPR are standard practice.

Instead of doing either of those things,

the ICE agents were counting his gunshot wounds.”