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When federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said he approached agents with a handgun, intending to massacre them. "An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol agents with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun." "This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement."

But a Times analysis of video footage from the scene in the moments when two officers opened fire, clearly contradict federal government statements. Pretti does not appear to pose a threat to agents. In fact, at several critical junctures, he is outnumbered and under their control. Here are the key moments that reveal what happened.