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One doctor said they tried to care for After protester Alex Pretty was shot in Minneapolis Zeng said federal agents were not trying to provide medical aid to the 37-year-old man but were counting bullet holes in his body.
“As I approached I saw the victim lying on his side; Surrounded by several ICE agents. I am confused as to why the victim sided with him as this is not standard practice when a victim is shot,” the doctor, who asked not to be named, wrote in a statement Add to a lawsuit challenging ICE’s use of force in Minnesota.
“Checking a pulse and performing CPR is standard practice. Instead of doing either of those things, the ICE agents were counting his gunshot wounds. I asked the ICE agents if the victim had a pulse and they said they didn’t know.”
The man, who had been living in Minneapolis since 2024 for a pediatric residency, said Pretty had “at least three gunshot wounds to his back,” and when he was rolled over, they found more gunshot wounds in his upper chest and neck.
“I checked for a pulse but couldn’t feel it. I immediately started CPR. Shortly after starting compressions, emergency personnel arrived and took over,” the person said, adding that the scene was “chaotic.”
event video Preity is shown trying to help a female protester Federal agents were filmed being thrown to the ground and then beaten before gunshots were heard and then at least nine more times.
Doctors said in a statement that they witnessed the incident and from what they saw “there was absolutely no need for violence.”
They also described how agents at the scene initially refused to let them attend to Preeti, repeatedly asked for their medical license and eventually searched them to “make sure I wasn’t carrying a weapon.”
“None of the ICE agents in the victim’s vicinity performed CPR on the victim, and I could tell that the victim was in critical condition,” the statement said. “I insisted that the agents let me evaluate him. Normally, I would not be so insistent, but as a doctor, I felt a professional and moral obligation to help this man, especially since not a single agent was helping him.”
Pretti herself is an ICU nurse who obtained her nursing license in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequently worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides services, including health care, to U.S. veterans.
Alex’s father, Michael Pretti, told the New York Times: “He cared deeply about people and he was very disturbed by what was happening with ICE in Minneapolis and across the United States, just like millions of people were disturbed as well.” Associated Press. “He felt that protesting was a way to show he cared about others.”
Doctors said they were “extremely distraught” and “sobbing and shaking uncontrollably” when they returned home. Initially planning to stay at home, the doctors decided to leave after tear gas was fired outside and began drifting into their home, at which point they decided to stay with relatives.
“I am appalled that a Minnesotan was murdered by multiple federal immigration agents,” the doctor wrote. “To my knowledge, the victim did not actively threaten ICE agents or the public – he simply yelled at the agents because he opposed ICE’s presence in our city. A person should not be shot for legitimately expressing his opinion.”
“I’m not sure when I will be able to return to my apartment. I don’t feel safe in my city. In less than a month, ICE agents have shot and killed two people who were protesting and observing their actions. I’m worried that I or someone I love will be shot for expressing displeasure and being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
independent The Department of Homeland Security has been asked for comment.