US Edition'Get the truth out about our son' say family of man shot dead by federal officer in Minneapolis
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot during a federal immigration operation; family disputes official account, citing bystander videos and raising protest concerns.
- 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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Top Border Patrol official says Alex Pretti to blame for being fatally shot by ICE agents
The Border Patrol official leading President Trump's immigration-enforcement surge in Minnesota is framing Saturday's fatal shooting of a 37-year-old ICU nurse as a tragic but unavoidable consequence of a man who was "actively impeding and assaulting law enforcement."
Man killed by Border Patrol in Minneapolis was nurse at a veterans hospital, family says
MINNEAPOLIS — Family members say the man killed by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.
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Minnesotans mourn Alex Pretti, man killed by Border Patrol agents
A woman kneels and prays as hundreds gather around a growing memorial site at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue, where federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Alex Pretti Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026 earlier in the day. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)More than 1,000 people gathered for a vigil and rally Saturday night at Whittier Park in Minneapolis to mourn Alex Pretti, the man who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent. After the…
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