Photos: Angelenos protest ICE violence after deadly weekend
People marched through downtown Los Angeles in one of several protests against the federal government’s killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Protestors rally outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to denounce the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)
Several hundred protestors, immigrant rights groups and religious leaders rallied outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to denounce the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis several hours earlier.
Masked federal agents fatally shot Pretti, 37, an intensive care nurse who worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, while he was lying on the ground. His death comes just weeks after Renee Good was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer while she was in her vehicle.
Federal immigration agents detained several people across Los Angeles on Saturday, including a flower vendor in Echo Park, and multiple people in Koreatown and Westlake, according to rapid response organizers.
Protestors rally outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to denounce the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)Protestors gather at Placita Olvera to denounce the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), speaks about the violence inflicted by immigration officers on the community, at a rally outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)Protestors gather at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to denounce the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)Immigrant rights groups, community members and religious leaders stand in solidarity at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to denounce the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)Outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, community members mourn the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)Outside the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles, community members mourn the fatal shooting of legal observer Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 2026. (Semantha Raquel Norris / For The LA Local)
Semantha Raquel Norris is a Salvadoran American journalist and documentary photographer from Los Angeles. She has a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and her work has been featured in CalMatters, The New York Times, the Oaklanside, the San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol and more.
