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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Pretti Crazy
The first, longer video shows it better. That gray is one of two agitators that Pretti is filming. You can single step through and see that gray takes his phone away from his hand.
The phone winds up next to the front wheel of the white vehicle that's there. You can see early on that there's nothing there but gray drops it when she gets tackled.
“ICU Nurse. Not armed gunman.”
Let’s get real:
An ICU nurse with a suspended license and a gun with 2 clips……
Suicide by cop.
Now a demoncrat martyr to be used against the government who voted for the removal of illegal alien criminals.
I won’t give advice, but I have a genuinely friendly suggestion. STAY AWAY FROM ICE OPERATIONS, OK? It’s none of your ....... business!
Bkmk
My question as well.
They lie as easily as they breathe. When they aren’t simply delusional.
“I don’t think they are lies, just misinformation. It pays to do your own research and not just believe everything someone posts. ...and I am not in the least sympathetic to Pretti...I just hate to see the two entirely different stories get mixed together.”
The FAKE NEWS reported it as such, as being the same incident. They got it WRONG! Shocker!
I’d have to know more about VA hospitals to reach that conclusion.
Do VA nurses publish research papers?
The communists will work whatever angle they think will make more single white females in the suburbs vote Democrat. Cue the violins for tearjerking testimonials to what a great, kind, wonderful human being the dead perp was, and what mean nasty orange Nazis the federal agents are. All facts to the contrary to be suppressed by the compliant propaganda media.
I wonder what kind of care an ICE Agent would’ve received if he or she was Pretti’s patient. Oh. Wait. No I don’t. I know exactly what kind of care they would receive.
No you don’t, your making assumptions with no facts to back it up.
I want to know all the facts and not the fantasy fiction I see posted on X and other places.
These idiots think ICE will just stand there while they get run over or shot , mental illness
What license was suspended? It wasn't his nursing license.
Who carriesca concealed weapon and has a CCW petmit yet takes it to a protest and also carties ni idenrification? I would th8no you should be able to.show ID and that you have a valid CCW. Wouldnt you avoid unnecessary confrontation that might cause you and your concealed weapon to be part of a desdly incident?
“...presume to know intimately what happened.”
I don’t presume to know anything about it. I was quoting Noem and other officials who have first hand knowledge.
Noem wasn’t there either. They got early info that is proving incorrect as more info comes in.
Question 1 concerning a statement or perspective from the agent who fired has not been published.
DO NURSES REGULARLY CARRY PISTOLS??? AND EXTRA AMMO???
“I’ve heard plenty say he was brandishing, including Noem, however that is definitely not the case. The only thing I could see in his hand at any time was his phone.”
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You will most likely be proven wrong. You’ve made an error using the word, definitely. And you claim you see a phone in his hand…haha.
Yes I do.
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