"A federal agent fatally shot Pretti in Minneapolis, where he worked as an ICU nurse at a US Department of Veterans Affairs hospital. Minneapolis police confirmed on Saturday that Pretti is a US citizen. He had been filming the agents when the confrontation began. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Border Patrol and ICE, said Pretti was carrying a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun and "approached" agents at the scene."
"The department said officers tried to disarm Pretti, but he resisted. In multiple videos of the incident, however, Pretti is never seen threatening agents and is disarmed and subdued before he is shot. Minneapolis police said Pretti had a permit to carry the weapon. The DHS deployed ICE and other federal agents to Minnesota as part of an immigration enforcement sweep called Operation Metro Surge, which began in December."
AFL-CIO condemned ICE after a federal agent fatally shot Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, calling the death senseless and urging ICE to leave Minnesota immediately. The union demanded a full, transparent investigation, accountability for the act, and congressional oversight of ICE. Pretti worked as an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital and was a US citizen who had been filming agents when the confrontation began. DHS said Pretti carried a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, approached agents, and resisted disarming. Multiple videos show Pretti never threatening agents and being disarmed and subdued before he was shot. Minneapolis police said Pretti had a permit to carry the weapon.
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