ICE agents shoot another person in Minneapolis. The victim’s family describes the nurse as helpful and concerned.
01/25/2026, 04:2901/25/2026, 04:29
Thomas Wanhoff / t-online
The man ICE agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was 37-year-old nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti. His family confirmed that he worked in an intensive care unit at a veterans hospital. He always cared about people and was very disappointed with Donald Trump’s hunt for immigrants in Minneapolis, relatives told the AP news agency.
Alex J. Pretti on a hike. The 37-year-old was killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis.Image: michael pretti
Pretti was pushed to the ground by members of the agency on Saturday during protests against ICE raids in Minneapolis. Six men beat him and then shots were fired. He is said to have been carrying a weapon with him, but he has a permit for it, it was said. Reports from the US Department of Homeland Security that he approached the officers armed have not yet been confirmed by the numerous video recordings from the scene of the incident. Clips show that he appeared to have a cell phone in his hand.
The avid outdoor fan enjoyed being out and about with his Catahoula leopard dog, but it recently died, it was said. He graduated from Green Bay Preble High School in 2006. He was considered a model student and performed with the theater group “Preble Players”. According to his LinkedIn page, he was a junior at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 2012 and attended the University of Minnesota.
Pretti had taken part in protests following the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.
“He thought it was terrible”
“He cared deeply about people and was very upset about what was happening in Minneapolis and across the United States at the hands of ICE, as were millions of other people,” said Michael Pretti, Alex’s father.
“He thought it was terrible to kidnap children and just grab people on the street. He cared about these people and knew it was wrong, so he took part in the protests.”
Pretti was an American citizen, born in Illinois. According to the AP, like Renee Good, who was also shot by an ICE agent, he had no criminal record and, aside from a few traffic tickets, had never had any dealings with the police.
Pretti had a firearms license
His family told him to be careful at the demonstrations. “We talked to him about two weeks ago about the fact that he could protest quietly, but not get involved in arguments and not do anything stupid,” said Michael Pretti. “And he said he knew that. He knew that.”
Apparently it was enough to film the work of the ICE agents. The authorities have not yet proven that he wanted to use his weapon, for which he has a firearms license. Rob Doar, vice president of the Minnesota Gun Owners Association and a gun rights advocate, saw four videos of the incident taken by citizens and described the incident from his own perspective, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. «The agents came towards him, he backed away. When he helped a woman, they pounced on him and used pepper spray.”
It appeared as if one of the agents had pulled a gun from a holster on Pretti’s hip.
“If he was disarmed like that, and there was no other threat to the agents, then I see no reason why lethal force was used.”
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