A 37-year-old registered nurse (RN) was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol agents during an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis on Saturday, January 24.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Alex Pretti carried a concealed weapon and 2 full clips when he confronted Border Patrol agents outside a convenience store.
Video shows Pretti filming the federal agents before resisting arrest. Agents yelled “gun, gun,” as one of the agents disarmed Pretti. He was shot multiple times while on the ground.
Pretti was a nurse for the Minneapolis VA Health Care System’s intensive care unit (ICU).
“[A] member of our union lost their life today, and that alone is devastating. Our hearts are heavy, and we are deeply stricken by this tragedy that has befallen one of our own,” the union that reps Minneapolis VA Health Care System employees wrote in a statement on Saturday.
Social media users expressed outrage over the ongoing violence in Minnesota.
A nurse anesthetist in Florida vowed to refuse anesthesia to Trump supporters.
In a rare political statement, former President Barack Obama wrote: “The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.”
The video below may be disturbing for some viewers.
Here is the clearest video that shows that Alex Pretti did not pull a gun, his legal weapon had already been taken from him before DHS agents shot him multiple times. WATCH pic.twitter.com/FCBICEVq9V
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) January 25, 2026
