A neighbor who lived below Alex Pretti has described the late 37-year-old as a “wonderful person” with a “great heart”, amid conflicting opinions being shared online.
Pretti was shot dead by ICE agents on Saturday, January 24, seemingly after he had been restrained and was no longer a threat to them. His death, less than one month after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, has ramped up tensions in Minnesota, with figures on both sides of the political divide debating its legality.
Now, as in the aftermath of Good’s fatal shooting, the narrative from the Department of Homeland Security and the Trump administration is that Pretti was going out of his way to cause harm to ICE agents in the process of doing their jobs.
The DHS said that the 37-year-old approached officers with a firearm, though it’s since been claimed that not only did he have a permit to carry it, but he was disarmed and restrained before the agents in question shot him multiple times.