DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino sparred Sunday with CNN’s Dana Bash over whether the armed man his subordinates shot and killed Saturday in Minneapolis was the “suspect” or “victim” in the situation.

Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, 37, whom the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleged was prepared to “massacre law enforcement” with his firearm. Pretti’s parents and left-wing groups, on the other hand, maintained he was assisting a woman and not pointing his gun at officers at the time.

During Bovino’s Sunday appearance on “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash,” Bash pressed the senior Border Patrol official over his assertion Pretti assaulted a federal agent, sparking a contentious exchange.

“Where did he assault the federal officer in any of the video that you have seen?” Bash asked Bovino. “Because it looked to us from every angle, sir, that he was approached by them when he was helping another individual who was pushed down. What........

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