"Pretti had been filming them amid a surge of federal immigration enforcement operations in the city. After the shooting, administration officials claimed Pretti brandished a gun during the confrontation and attempted to characterize him as an agitator. Some senior officials even labeled him a would-be assassin. But bystander videos of the encounter show Pretti holding a phone, not a firearm, and that he had been disarmed before the first shots were even fired. (State officials also said that he was licensed to carry the firearm.)"
"That afternoon, Vanden Heuvel's former choir director reached out to tell him that the man who had been shot was Alex Pretti a childhood friend with whom he had been in choir. My initial reaction was shock. With this happening, just a state away in Minnesota, it already felt close to home, and then when I found out that I knew the name of the victim, and I had memories associated with that name, it became even more real and tragic, Vanden Heuvel said."
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was tackled and fatally shot by federal immigration agents while filming enforcement operations. Administration officials claimed Pretti brandished a gun and portrayed him as an agitator or would-be assassin. Bystander videos show Pretti holding a phone, not a firearm, and indicate he had been disarmed before the first shots were fired; state officials noted he was licensed to carry. Friends, family, co-workers and former classmates remembered Pretti as kind, generous, and a good friend. Pretti grew up mainly in Green Bay, sang in choir, was a boy scout, and attended Preble High School where he performed in musicals and played sports.
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