Megyn Kelly on Alex Pretti's death: “It's almost turning into a suicide by cop situation”
Kelly: “If you wanted to die at the hands of a law enforcement officer, this would definitely be an avenue you could consider”
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Megyn Kelly on Alex Pretti's death: "It's almost turning into a suicide by cop situation"
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From the January 29, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): That, I mean, that's the thing. Well, it's right there on the tape. He wanted to be attacked. He repeatedly worked to create circumstances where he would be attacked. He did that while armed with a loaded gun he knew would raise the fear levels and the perceived threat levels by any officer with whom he came into contact. And then on top of that, once he got his wish and got attacked, he resisted the arrest both times. I mean, it's almost turning into a suicide by cop situation.
WILL CHAMBERLAIN (GUEST): Correct.
KELLY: I mean, like, if you wanted to die at the hands of a law enforcement officer, this would definitely be an avenue you could consider.
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CHAMBERLAIN: Yeah. I think there's only one real legitimate critique of federal law enforcement here is that they failed to take him into custody during that first assault. You know, you can actually make a legitimate argument that that's there that failure may have led to his death because it didn't, you know, give him a 24-hour cooling off period in lockup to think about his actions and maybe change course.
And certainly what he did in that earlier video is certainly deserving of immediate detention. The guy's a danger to the community based on that conduct.
KELLY: Yeah
CHAMBERLAIN: You don't just go around kicking law enforcement officers and demanding they assault you. That's, you know, at a minimum, it's like a mental health issue that perhaps you need to get examined for. So none of this is--
KELLY: Right
CHAMBERLAIN: None of this looks good for him. And I guess, again, suicide by cop seems right. The guy's showing up with a gun to aggressively confront law enforcement without ID. And maybe he -- apparently scrubbed his social media too. Like, really? I mean, maybe this is suicide by cop.
KELLY: Yeah
CHAMBERLAIN: Maybe that's what this is.
KELLY: Honestly, like, that's what occurred to me because, like, if you wanted to do it and make yourself a martyr, you'd play it out exactly this way. I mean, exactly this way. Although, I think you would have tried to reach for your gun more explicitly, you know, but he was being held down by the officers. I don't know. But this was extremely reckless behavior by him.