MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WTAQ-WLUK) — The man shot and killed Saturday by federal agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement was a 2006 graduate of Green Bay’s Preble High School.
37-year-old Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an intensive care nurse at a Minneapolis Veterans Administration hospital.
At Preble, Pretti performed in the show choir and musicals. He also played football, baseball and ran track. He was a Boy Scout and sang in the Green Bay Boy Choir.
Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich called for an investigation into the shooting.
“Another American citizen is dead as the result of the federal government’s occupation of an American city, and the victim, Alex Pretti, was a graduate of a Green Bay high school,” said Genrich. “Without knowing all the facts of the case, we can say with certainty that a full, transparent, and independent investigation must be conducted. I mourn his tragic death with his friends and family and join the chorus of Americans who are rightfully demanding the federal government change course and enforce immigration law in keeping with local, state, and federal laws and the U.S. Constitution.”
The Department of Homeland Security said Pretti was shot after he “approached” U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. The gun isn’t visible in videos of the shooting online.
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