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Federal immigration officials have Shooting another American citizen exist minneapolisjust three weeks after they shot and killed Renee Goode in the same city.
victims shooting identified as Alex Pretty37. He was filming an operation involving Homeland Security agents near 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
Open source video Capture events as they occur In the photo, Preeti walks to help two people on the sidewalk near the agents, who then begin pepper-spraying the group.
The victim was restrained and dragged to the ground by at least five agents. Video shows Border Patrol agents struggling with Preeti on the ground and hitting him when gunshots were heard. Moments later, an agent fired several shots and Preeti fell to the pavement.
Ten shots were fired within five seconds.
Immediately after the shooting, agents backed away from Pretty’s body and one officer, who appeared to be holding a gun, fled the scene and hid behind a nearby car.
After the shooting, Preeti’s supporters raised more than $1 million for his family through: Go sponsor me.
“The purpose of this fundraiser is to support the immediate and ongoing needs of the loved ones he left behind,” the page’s introduction reads.
The biggest contributor to the crowdfunding campaign is billionaire philanthropist Bill Ackman.
Ackerman has become Right-wing X influencer Over the past year, he has been a staunch supporter of the Trump administration’s nationwide deportation efforts.
Earlier this month, Ackerman donated $10,000 to a crowdfunding campaign for Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot Renee Goode.
federal government—and president donald trump – alleges that Preeti approached agents with the intention of carrying out an attack with a pistol, which they claimed was recovered from the scene of the incident.
They provided no evidence that he ever drew his weapon and declined to answer questions about a detailed timeline of how the confrontation unfolded.
In Minnesota, it is legal to carry a licensed handgun.
Pretty is known to live in south Minneapolis, was born in Illinois and grew up in Wisconsin. His only criminal record was a traffic ticket, according to police. minneapolis star tribune.
According to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, Pretty is a legal gun owner and has a license to carry a weapon.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that Preti was carrying the equivalent of two magazines of ammunition and had no identification on him.
According to reports, Preeti’s parents told Associated Press Preeti is an ICU nurse. He obtained his nursing license in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, and KARE11 Confirmed He worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides health care and other services 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.”
Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, an infectious disease physician and professor at the University of Minnesota who worked with Preti at the Veterans Administration, said in an article published in BlueSky. He said Preeti was committed to helping critically ill veterans and described him as having a great attitude and recalled often discussing mountain biking trips together.
“Alex Pretti was a colleague at the Veterans Administration. We hired him to recruit people for our trial. He became an ICU nurse – I [loved] Work with him. He was a kind and good man who lived to help others and these damn people executed him,” Drekonja wrote. “White. Heat. Anger.”
during an interview people magazine, Draconia went on to describe Pretty as a “very, very skilled nurse.”
“He’s very capable. When he sums up this transition… [he] All information is at your fingertips. He would tell me how my family was doing. He was a very, very skilled nurse,” the doctor said.
“Whether it was a small task, whether it was patient care, or ‘Hey, I can give you a ride and let’s meet for a drink after get off work.'” He was just a very kind man. “
WLUK report Pretty graduated from Preble High School in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Preity was a regular in the school’s choir and musicals, the TV station reported. In addition, he played football, baseball and track and field. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Chorale.
At the time of his death, he was mourning the loss of his beloved Catahoula leopard dog.