WATCH: Minneapolis Police Chief Says The Quiet Part Out Loud About Latest Shooting

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told CBS News that even if facts show that Saturday’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)-involved shooting was legally justified, it “won’t matter.”

O’Hara joined CBS’ “Face The Nation” for a discussion on the fatal CBP-involved shooting of Alex Pretti, 37, who was shot and killed while interfering with federal immigration agents. Footage from the scene shows Pretti — who was legally carrying a 9mm handgun at the time of the shooting — reaching for his waistband seconds before shots rang out.

In addition to committing a felony at the time of the shooting, Pretti was not carrying a valid ID, which is required for carrying a handgun under Minnesota law.

Still, O’Hara told host Margaret Brennan that the facts of the case simply don’t matter.  “Well, I’ve seen the videos, just as thousands of people around the country have, and the videos speak for themselves. I think it’s deeply concerning, the things that are being said. This is an individual that was a city resident. It appears that he was present, exercising his First Amendment rights to record law enforcement activity, and also exercising his Second Amendment rights to lawfully be armed in a public space in the city,” he said, ignoring videos of Pretti actively confronting law enforcement.

“So I think very obviously there are serious questions that are being raised. And I think the greater issue is even if there is an investigation that ultimately proves that at the time of the shooting it was legally justified, I don’t think that even matters at this point because there is so much outrage and concern around what is happening in the city,” O’Hara continued.

Brennan then jumped in to ask what he meant by stating that facts of the case and the completion of the investigation ultimately won’t matter.

“People have had enough. This is the third shooting now in less than three weeks,” the police chief responded. He then claimed that the federal government was responsible for the shooting for enforcing basic immigration law in the city.

“People have been speaking out, saying that this was going to happen again. And I think everyone is kind of waiting for folks on both sides to come together and just figure this thing out. This is not sustainable. This police department has only 600 police officers. We are stretched incredibly thin. This is taking an enormous toll, trying to manage all of this chaos, on top of having to be the police department for a major city. It’s too much,” he said.

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