US Edition'Get the truth out about our son' say family of man shot dead by federal officer in Minneapolis
- Saturday, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis ICU nurse, was shot and killed during an encounter with immigration officials, according to authorities.
- DHS said agents were conducting a targeted operation against an undocumented man wanted for assault when Pretti approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, prompting agents to fire in self-defense in Minneapolis.
- Bystander videos show Alex Pretti holding a phone and shielding a woman being pepper-sprayed while federal immigration officers restrain him before firing a dozen rounds as he lay on the ground.
- Family members pleaded for transparency and said they could not get information; Michael Pretti and Susan Pretti urged, `Please get the truth out about our son.`
- This is the third ICE-related shooting in Minneapolis, and Noem said `This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.
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Alex Pretti’s Sig handgun has history of accidentally firing — offering possible clue to why Border agent shot him
Armed anti-ICE protester Alex Pretti was carrying a controversial handgun with a history of unintentionally firing when he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent during a demonstration in Minneapolis Saturday morning.
Sofia Yohannes, SVT's US correspondent, is at the scene where Alex Pretti was shot to death by a federal agent on Saturday. Residents in the area have gathered at the scene to show their support for the victim and their opposition to ICE. “It feels unifying,” says Breven, who lives nearby.
Alex Pretti is the youngest victim of ICE – and a policy that abuses fear as a power factor. The US is moving away from liberal democracy. Does the US society have the strength to resist it peacefully?
The gunshot death of a 37-year-old American, the second killed by federal agents in Minneapolis in January, arouses indignation and provokes a political battle.
After weeks of tensions and demonstrations in this city of Minnesota against the immigration police, and the death of Renee Good in early January, that of 37-year-old nurse shot down on Saturday 24 January by the border police, ulcers the inhabitants, more than ever uncertain about the future of their city and the country.
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