US EditionMan killed by federal officers in Minneapolis identified as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and ICU nurse
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis ICU nurse and U.S. citizen, was shot during a federal immigration operation amid local protests against the largest-ever enforcement surge.
- Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, federal immigration officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
- Department of Homeland Security said the shooting occurred during a targeted operation, claiming the person had a handgun and two magazines, prompting officers to fire in self-defense.
- Bellingcat's synchronized video review shows Alex Pretti, identified by colleagues as a registered nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs, holding a phone while multiple agents fired at least 10 shots.
- Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara urged peace, and federal officers used batons and flash bangs as hundreds gathered after Saturday's shooting.
- Accountability concerns grew as federal officials declined to identify officers and excluded state investigators earlier this month, while DHS posts and right-wing outlets amplified the narrative viewed over 17 million times.
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Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after man shot dead
Democrats have demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a US Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who protested President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown…
Celebrities React to Alex Pretti’s Shooting at Hands of ICE Agent | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip
On Saturday (January 24), a 37-year-old ICU nurse named Alex Pretti was fatally shot and killed by an ICE Agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Department of Homeland Security claimed that he “violently resisted,” but video evidence analyzed by news outlets and citizens “show a federal immigration officer removing a gun” prior to shooting him, CNN reports. There’s no point in the video that clearly shows Alex with a gun in his hand. This is the t…
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Yesterday in Minneapolis, Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot and killed by federal agents, then denounced as a “would-be assassin,” much as Renee Good had been called a “domestic terrorist,” blamed for her own death, and investigated instead of her killer. And over the last week in the occupied city, a half-dressed American citizen was wrested from his home and thrust into a waiting ICE vehicle; a five-year-old boy was separated from…
On Saturday morning Alex Pretti is shot in a riot with ICE officials. The U.S. government speaks of self-defense - the parents of the killed believe this to be a lie. Their son knew how to behave in protests. They describe a committed and emphatic person.
The American shot dead on Saturday by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis was a nurse in an intensive care unit for the city's veterans, who "wanted to change the world" according to his family. ...
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