ICU Nurse, 37, Identified as Man Shot and Killed by
Alex Pretti’s death has become a flashpoint because it
collides with so many fault lines at once: immigration enforcement,
gun rights, police force and the quiet lives shattered in an instant.
To DHS, he was an armed “subject” who resisted.
To his family and colleagues, he was a 37-year-old ICU nurse,
a lawful gun owner with no serious record, who once cared for
veterans in crisis and never came home from a Saturday morning.
On the street where he fell, at least 200 protesters gathered as
tear gas drifted through a neighborhood still remembering
earlier clashes with federal agents. Officials point to two magazines and no ID;
the police chief points to public video and says, simply,
“The video speaks for itself.” Between those versions lies a void that
only a transparent investigation can fill — and a community unwilling
to let this shooting fade into silence.
