DOJ launches investigation into Pretti killing: Blanche
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday.
"This is what I would describe as a standard investigation by FBI with our circumstances like what we saw last Saturday, and that that investigation to the extent it needs to involve lawyers of the Civil Rights Division, that will involve those," the Deputy Attorney General said at a press conference, adding there is coordination with the Civil Rights Division saying "they will be part of that effort."
The comments come as officials said that the Department of Homeland Security was leading the investigation. Blanche said both investigations are happening.
He said he wasn't committing to releasing body-worn camera from the incident. It would be "completely unfair to the investigation itself," Blanche said.
-ABC News' Pierre Thomas, Jack Date and Luke Barr








