Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old man shot and killed by a US border patrol officer during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Saturday (local time), was an intensive care unit nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital who family members say cared deeply about people and was distressed by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
A US citizen born in Illinois, Pretti lived in south Minneapolis, about two miles from where the shooting occurred. Court records and family members said he had no criminal history apart from a few traffic tickets.
