Minneapolis live updates: DOJ launches investigation into Pretti killing, Deputy AG Blanche says

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis told reporters Tuesday he does not think Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should keep her job.

When asked by a reporter if he still had confidence in Noem after what's occurred in Minneapolis, he responded, "No, not at all. I think she should go."

Tillis is the first Senate Republican to say they believe Noem should no longer serve in her role. Tillis voted to confirm Noem as DHS secretary last year.

This comes after Tillis on Sunday called for a "full and impartial" investigation into Alex Pretti's death in Minneapolis.

A Department of Homeland Security report sent to the House Oversight Committee and obtained by ABC News says that two federal officers shot Alex Pretti on Saturday in Minneapolis and does not say that Pretti attempted to reach for his weapon, based on a preliminary review of bodycam footage.

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President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News that the administration is "going to de-escalate a little bit" in Minneapolis.

However, he rejected the characterization that the change in plans was a "pullback," and spoke about Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino.

"Bovino is very good, but he's a pretty out there kind of a guy. And in some cases, that's good. Maybe it wasn't good here," he said, before claiming, without evidence, that the recent protests in Minnesota have been populated with "paid insurrectionists" and "paid agitators."

President Donald Trump was asked by ABC News' Rachel Scott if he had heard comments from this weekend from his officials who assessed Alex Pretti as a "domestic terrorist" or an "assassin."

"Well, I haven't heard that, but he shouldn't have been carrying a gun," he responded while talking with reporters in Iowa.

Earlier in the day, a reporter told him that Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller labeled the nurse an "assassin." Trump responded, "No," when the reporter asked him if he thought Pretti "was acting as an assassin in Minneapolis."

The president also addressed a question by Scott about pulling federal officers out of Minnesota.

"We'll do whatever's appropriate," he said.