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Purportedly AI-Altered Images Reportedly Distort Evidence After Minneapolis Shooting of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti

January 24, 2026

In the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents, unverified images allegedly altered using AI were circulated on social media. These images reportedly distorted evidence of the incident by portraying Pretti as threatening law enforcement and altering the presence of weapons. The potentially misleading images may have contributed to the misidentification of individuals, obscuring verified video and eyewitness accounts and reinforcing partisan narratives.

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Alleged deployer
pro-trump-social-media-influencers, unidentified-social-media-users, partisan-online-accounts, unknown-disinformation-actors
Alleged developer
google
Alleged harmed parties
alex-pretti, family-of-alex-pretti, epistemic-integrity

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Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1358

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