January 28, 2026 - Family members have paid tribute to 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot dead by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on 24 January.

2 days ago - On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

January 27, 2026 - Over the weekend, it became the stage for a violent confrontation between protesters and the government’s military-like law enforcement operation in the wake of the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident.

# # # Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents, had no criminal record.[7] He was a male U.S. citizen and a nurse working in the intensive care unit (ICU) at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Hospital .

February 2, 2026 - MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Alex Pretti's death has been ruled a homicide after he was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis on Jan.

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January 25, 2026 - Family members say the man killed ... was an intensive care nurse at the Veterans Administration who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who loved getting into adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog, who also recently died...

January 30, 2026 - About two minutes of video, published ... in Minneapolis in which officers appeared to grab Pretti and bring him to the ground during intense community protests against the federal crackdown in the city....

January 27, 2026 - Three minutes and two seconds before the first shot is fired, Alex Pretti holds a phone before a federal officer on Nicollet Ave in Minnesota.

January 27, 2026 - The Minnesota man who was killed by federal agents on Saturday has been identified as Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, which serves veterans.

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January 26, 2026 - Left: A sign at a makeshift memorial at the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal immigration agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis on Jan.

January 25, 2026 - 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.

February 23, 2026 - Tim at the Alex Pretti memorial in Minneapolis (Photo by Northstar Imagery) ... One of the more unsettling elements of the Alex Pretti memorial site in Minneapolis is how unexpectedly it arrives on you. Driving down Nicollet Avenue, you see few indications it’s near save for subtle atmospherics: The streets seem more bare, and pedestrians offer the occasional nervous glance around for nearby agents. When you get to the site, you find just a slab of street, no longer than two parking spots, blocked off by traffic cones and tape. Flowers are strewn across the sidewalk, some falling onto the pavement. There are posters and signs and mementos. A nurse’s uniform with a stethoscope looped over it has been affixed to a wall, with “Freedom is not free – Alex Pretti” written in black marker on the front. A black banner stretches between two lampposts; its inscription, in a biblical-looking white block font, says “REST IN POWER ALEX / ANY RIGHTEOUS PERSON WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME.” An American f