Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is participating in a multi-department investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed in Minneapolis last week by two Border Patrol agents.

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was killed by a federal immigration enforcement agent in Minneapolis.

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of a 37-year-old U.S. citizen who was killed by a federal immigration enforcement agent in Minneapolis.

The U.S. Justice Department has started a civil rights investigation intothe fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, a senior official said.

The US Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation after immigration agents killed a second protester this month.

The US Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation after immigration agents killed a second protester this month.

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and…

The development followed confirmation by the Department of Homeland Security earlier in the day that the FBI would now lead the probe into Pretti’s death.