He Was a VA Nurse’: Emotional DC Vigil for Alex Pretti

Federal agents pulled the trigger in Minneapolis. Now, outside VA headquarters in Washington, DC, hundreds gather by candlelight to say his name: Alex Pretti. Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA, was shot and killed during a federal immigration operation in Minneapolis — the second deadly federal shooting in the city this month, according to multiple reports and federal reviews.