Tells Key Senate Committee that Federal ICE Agents Refused to Render Aid to Nicole Good or Alex Pretti After They Were Fatally Shot in January During Federal Surge
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy (DFL- St. Paul) told a key Senate committee Friday that federal ICE agents failed in their duty to medically assist Nicole Good and Alex Pretti after fatally shooting them last month in Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge. In response, she said she is leading an effort – along with four other Senators who are health care providers – to enact civil penalties for people who fail to render aid after a shooting.
“I don’t want to live in a place where authorities think their responsibilities include shooting people, but dont’ include helping the wounded or dying, even, and especially if, they are the ones who caused it.” Leader Murphy told the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee. “In Minnesota, we help each other. We shovel our neigbors’ sidewalks, we fill sandbags when rivers flood, and we render aid when we shoot someone or witness a person being shot.”
Murphy said that despite their “purported training,” federal agents failed this test and even hindered physicians on site from giving aid after the shootings. Her legislation would create civil penalties for people who fail to render aid, adding to the criminal penalties already in law. The measure is retroactive to December 1, 2025, to allow actions in the Minneapolis shootings.
The four health providers joining Senator Murphy on the legislation are Senators Alice Mann (DFL-Edina), Matt Klein (DFL-Mendota Heights), Judy Seeberger (DFL-Afton), Liz Boldon (DFL-Rochester).
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