{"id":7467,"date":"2026-01-29T09:11:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=7467"},"modified":"2026-01-29T09:11:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T09:11:56","slug":"i-was-just-filming-then-he-stepped-in-the-pink-hooded-witness-reveals-what-happened-in-the-last-minute-before-alex-pretti-was-shot-the-shouts-no-one-answ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=7467","title":{"rendered":"\u201c\u2018I WAS JUST FILMING\u2026 THEN HE STEPPED IN\u2019: THE PINK-HOODED WITNESS REVEALS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE ALEX PRETTI WAS SHOT \u2014 THE SHOUTS NO ONE ANSWERED, THE WOMAN ON THE GROUND, AND THE SPLIT-SECOND DECISION THAT TURNED A SIDEWALK INTO A DEATH SCENE\u201d The woman never expected to become a witness. She thought she was just another bystander, another phone raised in a crowd where cameras had become second nature. But on Tuesday night, sitting across from CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper, the woman now known only as \u201cthe pink-hooded witness\u201d told a story that has reignited fury, confusion, and a single haunting question: how did this end in gunfire? She remembers the noise first \u2014 shouting, coughing, people backing away from clouds of spray. She lifted her phone because everyone else was doing it, she said, because something already felt wrong. Then she noticed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, standing just a few feet away…. WATCH FULL VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2018HE WAS TRYING TO HELP HER\u2019: THE PINK-HOODED WITNESS BREAKS DOWN AS ANDERSON COOPER PRESSES FOR THE TRUTH \u2014 AND DESCRIBES THE FINAL SECONDS BEFORE ALEX PRETTI WAS SHOT\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In a tense, emotional interview with\u00a0CNN\u2019s Anderson Cooper on Tuesday night<\/strong>, the woman who filmed the fatal shooting of\u00a0Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse<\/strong>, finally spoke publicly about what she says she witnessed on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis \u2014 and her account sharply contradicts the official version of events.<\/p>\n

Known online as\u00a0\u201cthe woman in the pink hoodie,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0she recalled lifting her phone instinctively as chaos erupted around her, her voice shaking as she shouted into the camera,\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re hitting him! They\u2019re pulling him down!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The footage would later spread across social media, becoming one of the most disturbing records of the encounter.<\/p>\n

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When Cooper asked her what she saw in the seconds just before the gunfire, she paused, visibly overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPretti wasn\u2019t fighting anyone,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0she said.\u00a0\u201cHe was trying to help a woman who had just been shoved to the ground. That\u2019s all he was doing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to her account, Pretti still had his phone in his hand, filming like many others nearby. She described him stepping toward a woman who appeared disoriented after being pushed, placing a hand on her back as if to help her stand.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe didn\u2019t charge them. He didn\u2019t threaten them,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she told Cooper.\u00a0\u201cPeople were coughing from the spray. Everyone was yelling. And then suddenly they were on him.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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She says officers forced Pretti to the ground, pinning him as bystanders screamed for them to stop. Then came the gunshots \u2014 rapid, deafening, and final.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember screaming that they were police, that this didn\u2019t make sense,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0she said.\u00a0\u201cAnd then it was over. He was just lying there.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The witness also revealed that reliving the moment has been haunting her ever since. She said she still replays the video in her mind, wondering how a situation that began with someone trying to help another person spiraled into a deadly shooting in seconds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI keep thinking \u2014 if he hadn\u2019t stepped forward, if he\u2019d just stayed back like everyone else\u2026 would he still be alive?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Her testimony has intensified public outrage and fueled renewed calls for accountability, as critics question whether lethal force was justified against a man multiple witnesses describe as unarmed and non-aggressive.<\/p>\n

For the woman in the pink hoodie, the memory is inescapable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople keep calling him a threat,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0she said quietly.\u00a0\u201cBut what I saw was a man trying to do the right thing \u2014 and paying for it with his life.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n