Posted on 01/24/2026 2:45:28 PM PST by Morgana
The man shot dead during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified as an intensive care nurse who treated critically ill military veterans.
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was killed shortly after 9am Saturday after an altercation involving multiple federal officers.
Minneapolis police confirmed the deceased was a white, 37‑year‑old Minnesota resident and US citizen.
Pretti's friends have since confirmed his identity to the Daily Mail as they paid tribute to the 'good, kind' who they say was 'executed' by a Border Patrol agent.
The University of Minnesota alumnus most recently listed himself as a ‘junior scientist’ on LinkedIn.
He worked as a nurse for the Veterans Health Administration at the Minneapolis VA hospital and earned a reported $90,783 in 2023, according to public records.
‘I worked with him daily for years at the VA hospital,’ Ruth Anway, a Minneapolis‑based nurse, told the Daily Mail.
‘He was an ICU nurse. He worked with veterans. He was a really good guy. He definitely did not deserve to get killed.’
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Daily Mail that agents were in the area attempting to apprehend, ‘an illegal alien wanted for violent assault’ when they were approached by Pretti.
According to DHS, Pretti was armed and carrying a gun with two magazines at the time he was detained. The agency later released a photograph of a nine‑millimeter semi‑automatic handgun it said was recovered during the clash.
Officials claimed officers attempted to disarm Pretti but that he ‘violently resisted’ before a Border Patrol agent fired the fatal shot.
Pretti was pronounced dead at the scene. DHS said he did not have identification on him at the time.
Video from the scene shows agents wrestling with Pretti and taking him to the ground moments before the shooting.
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From what I could see he initially was holding a camera. He was following the instructions of Tampon Tim, who now has his blood on his hands.
Pretty!😀
% s/victim/perp/g
FYI...there are small caliber guns which are disguised as cell phones...and some ICU nurses are idiots and arrogant criminal hotheads...I’ve seen a few...
They could be in the group doing the research....could be research on working conditions, or effect of some non-medicinal technical issue...
Yes there are but there has been no claim of such a weapon involved in this case. In fact, they say his gun was a 9mm.
While they have said he had a gun, they got a little vague in the Noem’s press conference as to where and when exactly the gun was discovered.
My guess is he either had it in his pants gangsta fashion and an agent saw it when he was put on the ground, or they found it in his car if that was nearby.
It’d be great to hear something more direct from the agents involved. Until then, I defer judgement as to whether it’s a good shoot or not.
Headline calls him a “victim”...he was a “dead armed interloper”....
I’m confused. CBS article posted a few above this one says:
“Key points from Bovino’s statements: The suspect was identified as Jose Werta Chuma (described as an undocumented immigrant with prior criminal history including domestic assault and disorderly conduct). During the operation, the man allegedly approached agents armed with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and extra loaded magazines. Agents attempted to disarm him, but he resisted; an agent fired in self-defense, fearing for their lives and others’ safety. The suspect received immediate aid but died at the scene.”
Were two different people killed today, or what?
What benighted state are you from?
This is AMERICA, you jackass! Carrying a gun and two magazines is perfectly legal and normal in AMERICA.
Like me. Except for the interfering with ICE part ...
Someone who lives in a Constitutional Carry State. Minnesota, unsurprisingly, violates the Second Amendment by "requiring" a "permit" to carry a weapon in public.
These people are dumbass distractions trying to cover massive fraud, theft and the governor’s, mayor’s and the moron in Congress involvement in it.
Armed Citizens regularly carry pistols.
Is this Free Republic or some gawdawful demonicRAT forum? The way people here react to a Citizen carrying a weapon is disgusting.
Thank you, when I type on my phone my hands are too big for the keyboard and the misspellings fly. Better on a larger screen and full sized keyboard.
Paid demoncrat crazy trolls have invaded.
Just like they threw open our borders to allow millions of illegal voters invade the US.
Demoncrats will haul in those who steal, rape, murder, and screw children just to stay in power.
If obama had a son, all growed up,...he wouldn’t be THIS stupid.
Victim , good one
Every one of the people I responded to has been around for many years ... I don’t think they’re paid democRAT trolls. I think they let their fingers get ahead of their brains.
The problem isn’t that this dude was armed.
The problem is some combination of
1) What he may have been doing with his weapon.
2) Horribly bad police training.
Not when you use it to attack an ICE officer.
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