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‘No reason he should have died’: Alex Pretti’s parents open up
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Signs and flowers are placed at the memorial site for Mr Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Feb 8.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Jack Healy
ARVADA, Colorado – Alex Pretti’s parents keep a box crammed with 200 letters and cards that have poured into their suburban Denver home since their 37-year-old son was shot and killed by immigration agents
Some are from healthcare workers and veterans praising Mr Pretti’s work as an intensive care nurse at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Others are from strangers who hail Mr Pretti as a hero for his final actions, when he tried to help a woman shoved to the ground by a Customs and Border Protection agent, only to be tackled and shot multiple times.
