Alex Pretti
VA nurse shot and killed by CBP officers on 24 January 2026 in Minneapolis while protesting Renée Good's death.
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Why are Minnesota and Hennepin County suing the Trump administration over Alex Pretti's killing?
Timeline for Alex Pretti
Mentioned in: France names Minneapolis in travel advisory
2026 FIFA World Cup- Who was Alex Pretti and why was he killed in Minneapolis?
- Alex Pretti, 37, was a VA nurse shot and killed by two CBP officers in Minneapolis on 24 January 2026 while protesting the killing of Renée Good, who had been shot by an ICE agent 17 days earlier. Both deaths occurred under Operation Metro Surge.Source: NPR
- Why did Minnesota sue over Alex Pretti's killing?
- Minnesota and Hennepin County sued the Trump administration in late March 2026 for withholding evidence from the investigation into Pretti's death. As of April 2026 the federal probe was described as 'elusive' more than three months on.Source: NPR
- Who was Alex Pretti and how did he die?
- Alex Pretti, 37, a Veterans Affairs nurse, was shot and killed by two US CBP officers in Minneapolis on 24 January 2026 while protesting the ICE killing of Renée Good — the second civilian death by federal enforcement in the city in three weeks.Source: NPR
- Why did Minnesota and Hennepin County sue the Trump administration over Alex Pretti's death?
- Minnesota and Hennepin County sued the Trump administration in late March 2026 for withholding evidence from the investigation into Pretti's killing by CBP officers, with NPR reporting the federal probe remained 'elusive' three months on.Source: NPR / Minnesota AG
- Why does Alex Pretti's identity as a VA nurse matter to his case?
- Pretti being employed by the federal government as a Veterans Affairs nurse while being killed by federal law enforcement during a lawful protest added a particularly pointed dimension to the case, galvanising calls for accountability.Source: NPR
Background
Alex Pretti, 37, a Veterans Affairs nurse, was shot and killed by two US Customs and Border Protection officers in Minneapolis on 24 January 2026 while protesting the killing of Renée Good, who had been shot by an ICE agent seventeen days earlier. Pretti's death was the second killing by federal immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis within a month.
Both deaths occurred under Operation Metro Surge, the federal enforcement push launched in December 2025 in Minneapolis that produced more than 3,000 arrests and widespread allegations of warrantless detention. Minnesota and Hennepin County sued the Trump administration in late March 2026 for withholding evidence specifically from the investigation into Pretti's killing. NPR reported in April that the federal probe remained 'elusive' more than three months after his death.
Pretti's identity as a Veterans Affairs healthcare worker added a pointed dimension to his death: a nurse employed by the federal government killed by federal law enforcement while exercising the right to protest. His case, alongside Good's, is the specific context that drove UNITE HERE Local 11 to demand an ICE moratorium across all 2026 World Cup host cities and that prompted France to issue an official travel advisory naming Minneapolis by name.
