Who was Alex Pretti? Minneapolis nurse shot dead dead by ICE – All we know

Who was Alex Pretti? Minneapolis nurse shot dead dead by ICE – All we know

37-year-old Alex Pretti has been identified as the person who was fatally shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis on Saturday (US time). It marks the third overall shooting incident involving federal authorities this month alone, and second fatal shooting after Renee Nicole Good was shot dead in the state of Minnesota weeks ago.

As the major ICE crackdown continues in the city of Minneapolis, videos circulating online have once again raised starkly contrasting accounts of federal officials. Even as the United States braces for a brutal winter storm, the streets of the Whittier neighbourhood in Minneapolis were jammed with traffic as over a thousand protesters gathered in Whittier Park to hold a vigil for the man killed by ICE agents, as per details relayed by the New York Times.

Who was Alex Pretti?

A senior law enforcement official familiar with the investigation revealed that the man fatally shot in Minneapolis on Saturday was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, according to the NYT. He was an American citizen, born in Illinois, and a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit (ICU) at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis.

Did Alex Pretti use a gun against ICE?

Although DHS’ post on X seemingly insists that Pretti brandished the gun at the time of the altercation, bystander videos emerging online paint a different picture. As per the clips going around, the Minneapolis man was seen with a phone in his hand at the scene. The videos don’t appear to show him wielding a visible weapon.

His family members revealed that Pretti had owned a handgun and had a permit to carry a concealed handgun in Minnesota, according to the AP. As per their account, they had never known him to carry the weapon.