"The big crowd outside New York Harbor Health Care on East 23rd Street not only condemned Pretti's death one that sparked outrage across the country but also honored the way Pretti lived. The slain nurse worked at a VA hospital himself, and had come to the aid of a fallen protester moments before he was gunned down. Pretti was shot dead after ICE agents shoved him to the ground,"
"Pretti was shot dead after ICE agents shoved him to the ground, physically assaulted him, and confiscated a gun in his holster that he never removed from his waistband, in a gruesome assault caught on multiple videos that went viral. The killing occurred 17 days after Renee Good, a mother of three, was fatally shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis amid ongoing protests over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the city."
Close to 1,000 people, including many medical professionals, gathered outside Manhattan's VA Hospital and New York Harbor Health Care to honor Alex Pretti. The crowd condemned Pretti's killing and celebrated his life and actions. Pretti, a Minneapolis ICU nurse and VA hospital worker, intervened to help a fallen protester and attempted to protect a woman from pepper-spray moments before he was shot. Videos show ICE agents shoved him, assaulted him, and confiscated a gun from his holster that he never removed. The killing followed the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent 17 days earlier. Attendees built memorials and held candles; speakers and Pretti's parents called him a hero.
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