{"id":1130,"date":"2026-01-30T23:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2026-01-30T23:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T23:13:30","slug":"hat-morning-at-the-va-hospital-where-alex-pretti-worked-as-an-icu-nurse-colleagues-remembered-and-honored-their-friend-with-quiet-emotional-tributes-staff-fellow-health-care-workers-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bbncnews.online\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":"HAT MORNING AT THE VA HOSPITAL WHERE ALEX PRETTI WORKED AS AN ICU NURSE, COLLEAGUES REMEMBERED AND HONORED THEIR FRIEND WITH QUIET, EMOTIONAL TRIBUTES. Staff, fellow health care workers, and community members gathered at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center \u2014 a place where he spent his days caring for some of the most vulnerable \u2014 to pause, reflect, and honor Pretti\u2019s life and service. Nurses and doctors held a moment of silence in the ICU halls, laid flowers and candles, and shared memories of his compassion and dedication to veterans and patients alike. Their remembrance wasn\u2019t just ceremonial \u2014 it was a deeply personal expression of grief from people who saw him every day and now feel the profound loss as they continue to do one of the hardest jobs imaginable. A medical staff close to Alex revealed \u201cbefore he was shot, he gave me one last gift to encourage me. That gift will make me miss him forever.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old man killed by federal immigration agents Saturday, worked as a nurse treating sick veterans, according to family, friends and colleagues \u2013 a reflection of his deep desire to help others, they said.<\/p>\n

Pretti worked as an Intensive Care Unit nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center for around five years, according to a co-worker who asked to speak anonymously.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAlex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world,\u201d his parents, Michael and Susan Pretti, said in a statement. \u201cUnfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, Chief of Infectious Diseases Section at the Minneapolis VA, wrote on\u00a0Bluesky\u00a0that he was \u201ca good, kind person who lived to help.\u201d Drekonja said Pretti supported critically ill veterans at the hospital. The co-worker said Pretti researched how to prevent veterans from dying from colon cancer.<\/p>\n

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Pretti was fatally shot while immigration agents wrestled him on the ground in Minneapolis; the Department of Homeland Security said officers took a handgun from Pretti at the scene and fired in self-defense. CNN analysis of video shows a federal agent removed the gun just before the shooting. \u201cThe officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,\u201d the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Minneapolis police have said Pretti was a lawful gun owner with a permit, and court records show he had no charges in the state, only traffic and parking infractions.<\/p>\n

His parents, in their statement, disputed DHS claims that he was a threat to agents when he was killed. They said he was seeking to protect a woman near the agents at the time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting,\u201d the parents said, adding that \u201che was a good man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pretti began participating in protests against immigration enforcement in Minneapolis after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good earlier this month, family members\u00a0told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset,\u201d\u00a0said Michael Pretti, Alex\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

Pretti graduated from high school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 2006, according to CNN affiliate Spectrum News. Pretti put himself through nursing school by working at the VA hospital and joined its staff after graduating, Pretti\u2019s co-worker said.<\/p>\n

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Pretti\u2019s neighbor Jeannie Wiener said she was shocked to hear Pretti had been killed Saturday. She said she often engaged in small talk with Pretti when he was out walking his dog, and estimated that he\u2019d lived in the neighborhood for five years.<\/p>\n

Wiener, who serves on the crime and safety committee of the Lyndale Neighborhood Association, said she did not think Pretti was a threat to anybody, describing him as \u201cvery pleasant, very cordial.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pretti\u2019s father told the AP that they had discussed how he should be careful while protesting against ICE.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had this discussion with him two weeks ago or so, you know, that go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically,\u201d Michael Pretti told the AP. \u201cAnd he said he knows that. He knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019s Curt Devine contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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