Hundreds gather at memorial for Alex Pretti in Minneapolis to protest his killing.
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Hundreds of people gathered around a growing makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti, the man shot and killed Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.
According to his family, Pretti worked as an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.
Family members told the Associated Press that Pretti had taken part in protests following the killing of Renee Good, who was shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on January 7.
In a statement, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said federal officers were carrying out an operation as part of the administration’s immigration crackdown and fired “defensive shots” after a man with a handgun approached them.
US President Donald Trump accused the mayor of Minneapolis and the state's governor of "inciting insurrection" Saturday over their response to the killing of a civilian in the city by federal officers.
🚨🔥HOLY SHIT: This is Minneapolis right now.
— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) January 23, 2026
Thousands in the streets in subzero weather, shutting the city down, demanding ICE out.
Corporate media can ignore it, but history won’t. pic.twitter.com/7tVIyX21PD
