A federal Border Patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a Minneapolis resident and ICU nurse, during a federal immigration operation on January 24, 2026. This was part of a broader ICE enforcement effort called Operation Metro Surge
Authorities have identified the man fatally shot during a weekend encounter with U.S. Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who worked at a Veterans Affairs...