“It felt like a war zone” — witness recounts tear gas and chaos steps from where Alex Pretti was killed I arrived minutes after Alex Pretti, 37, was fatally shot, joining hundreds of stunned residents gathered behind police tape in south Minneapolis. Grief quickly turned to rage as more federal agents swarmed the block. When a snowball flew, Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded with tear gas, firing canisters into a crowd of unarmed civilians. Smoke, explosions, and panic followed. Strangers helped each other run, stumble, and escape. In the fear, one thing stood out: a city shaken, exhausted — yet refusing to back down or look away.
‘I stood feet away from where man was shot as ICE threw tear gas at me in Minneapolis war zone’ Shortly after 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Jeffrey Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents this morning, I arrived at the scene among hundreds of residents when ICE threw tear gas. View 3 Images Federal immigration … Read more