Did You Catch What's Hilariously Wrong About This Viral Image of the Recent CBP Shooting in Minneapolis?

Matt Vespa | January 27, 2026 6:55 AM

You knew something like this was going to happen: someone was going to share a wild image about the shooting of Alex Pretti on January 24 in Minneapolis that sparked a wave of leftist mayhem. We don’t know if this was murder; bodycam footage from the Border Patrol agents involved is being analyzed. What we do know is that the Left is at it again, claiming this was another execution. Let’s wait and see—it’s not as clear-cut as the Renee Good shooting on January 7, where cellphone footage clearly captures her striking an ICE agent with her car.

This time, we have Gen. Raymond A. Thomas, ‘Tony Thomas,’ the 11th Commander of US SOCOM, and former Associate Director at CIA for Military Affairs, tweeting this photo. Did you catch what’s wrong here?

https://t.co/eRTN7lJBVf pic.twitter.com/VAf0XFxxBt
— Tony Thomas (@TonyT2Thomas) January 26, 2026

why is the former head of U.S. Special Operations Command repeatedly spamming an AI edited image which clearly includes a headless federal agent https://t.co/2RiwXnWaiV pic.twitter.com/RaQ1rpKWr9
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) January 26, 2026

You’re a NY Times correspondent — shouldn’t you note that the photo is obviously and bizarrely AI edited? https://t.co/xoc8LLu6wV
— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) January 26, 2026

There’s no head on that Border Patrol agent, and his leg appears to be mechanical, like something out of The Terminator. He’s not the only one—a New York Times reporter did the same.

Oh, and the mockery has been gold: