Victim of US Border Patrol shooting identified as ICU nurse

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on Saturday

The man fatally shot by US Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Saturday has been identified by his family as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs and a US citizen.

The incident occurred amid heightened tensions between immigration officers and members of the public protesting the deployment of federal agents in the city.