"I'm shocked and deeply saddened that one of my colleagues was murdered in cold blood by modern-day Gestapo this morning," said Steven Koster, an ICU Nurse in San Francisco."
"I hope everybody shows the courage that Alex showed this morning. He was comforting and leading another person to safety in the protests, and I hope everyone takes heart in that."
"I just think it's insane to think that immigrants aren't an essential part of our country. It's terrifying, horrifying, what's happening and how a whole community is being terrorized," said Berkeley resident Alma Prins."
"The Department of Homeland Security alleges that Pretti approached border patrol agents with a semi-automatic handgun and "violently resisted" when they tried to disarm him."
Protesters from across the Bay Area and beyond gathered within hours of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. Bay Area residents voiced solidarity and condemnation, describing Pretti as comforting others and leading a person to safety during protests. The shooting was carried out by a Border Patrol agent and marked the second fatal federal-agent shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this month after Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent. The Department of Homeland Security alleges Pretti approached agents with a semi-automatic handgun and "violently resisted" when they tried to disarm him. Local officials disputed that characterization.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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