Update: The BBC DID CONFIRM THIS IS ALEX PRETTI IN THE VIDEO. The BBC confirmed the authenticity of the video in their 10 p.m. GMT news broadcast. Reporter Ros Atkins said the man in the video “has the same coat, facial hair and gait as Alex Pretti, and a facial recognition tool suggests a 97% match. THE STORYEleven days before he was shot to death on January 24th, Alex Pretti might have confronted federal agents in Minneapolis, spat at an agent, and damaged an agent’s vehicle. In the video, the reporter mentions that the BBC analyzed the footage with facial recognition technology and confirms it is Pretti.