Alex Pretti killed by Border Patrol agent
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A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.
Alex Pretti's parents describe him as a "kindhearted soul."
Protesters chanted Alex Pretti's name after he became the second person this month to be shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis.
MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, was carrying an Sig Sauer 9mm pistol that is widely popular and frequently carried by U.S. military and law enforcement.
People in neighborhoods around the Twin Cities gathered on sidewalks, in parks and on street corners Saturday night to mark the death of another person killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Hundreds of angry protesters remained on the streets in Minneapolis on Saturday after federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.