Man shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
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<p>Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-live">Minneapolis shooting – latest updates</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFBvYve92_M">The occupation of Minneapolis: resisting Trump’s ICE ‘invasion’</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/protesters-minneapolis-federal-agents-kill-second-us-citizen">‘You’re terrorizing us’: Protesters take to Minneapolis streets after federal agents kill second US citizen</a></p></li></ul><p>The Minnesota man who was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents">killed by federal agents</a> on Saturday has been identified as Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.</p><p>It’s the second fatal shooting this month in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in addition to another non-fatal shooting, amid a major crackdown in Minnesota by federal agents.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/24/alex-pretti-minneapolis-minnesota-shooting">Continue reading...</a>
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