Body language expert tells people pay very close attention to man in gray jacket after Alex Pretti shooting! – Story Of The Day!

“This individual impeded law enforcement operations, attacked officers, had a weapon on him and dozens of rounds of ammunition,” Noem said on the day of the shooting. “He was coming in, brandishing.”

However, as video footage from multiple angles began circulating online, those claims came under increasing scrutiny. None of the publicly available recordings show Pretti holding a gun at any point during the confrontation. While it is undisputed that he was legally carrying a firearm in a belt holster, the footage consistently shows him holding only a phone as agents surrounded him, deployed pepper spray, and forced him to the ground.

Eyewitnesses at the scene have said Pretti appeared to be trying to assist a woman who had been knocked down during the chaos. Rather than acting aggressively, he appeared to be attempting to comply and de-escalate. The videos do not clearly show him reaching for his weapon or making any movement that would indicate an imminent threat at the moment lethal force was used.

The controversy deepened after an in-depth review by Dr. G Explains, a clinical and forensic psychologist who analyzes high-profile incidents through behavioral and body language interpretation. After examining the footage frame by frame, he concluded that key elements of the official narrative were inconsistent with what could be observed on screen.

In a video analysis posted online, Dr. G stated that the agents’ behavior appeared to escalate the situation rapidly rather than de-escalate it.

“This is not somebody trying to calm things down,” he said while narrating the footage. “This is someone actively escalating the situation very, very quickly.”

He pointed out that Pretti appeared to be repeatedly struck with a pepper spray canister after already being forced to the ground and surrounded by multiple agents. According to Dr. G, such actions are difficult to reconcile with claims that officers were responding to an immediate, uncontrollable threat.

Dr. G urged viewers to focus on one specific figure in the video: an agent wearing a gray jacket. As Pretti is shown on his knees, the analyst said the footage appears to capture that agent removing the firearm from Pretti’s waistband. At nearly the same moment, a voice off-camera can be heard shouting the word “gun.”

The analyst emphasized that this moment is critical. According to his interpretation, the agent who removed the weapon did not clearly communicate to other officers that Pretti had been disarmed.

“Watch carefully,” Dr. G said. “This officer has literally pulled the gun out. The firearm is no longer visible. And that’s when the other agents start aiming at him.”

He then highlighted what he described as the most troubling detail. After taking possession of the gun, the agent in the gray jacket appears to turn away from Pretti and run just as shots are fired.

“I want people to notice the immediate response once he gets a hold of the gun,” Dr. G said. “The shooting starts, and he is literally running away, not looking back.”