Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, who was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis, have spoken out publicly to say that their son was a “good man.” The Department of Veterans Affairs’ intensive care nurse was gunned down in the street on Saturday by multiple masked federal agents after being sprayed with a chemical irritant and thrown to the ground.

A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, was carrying an Sig Sauer 9mm pistol that is widely popular and frequently carried by U.S. military and law enforcement.

Alex Pretti's parents describe him as a "kindhearted soul."

People in neighborhoods around the Twin Cities gathered on sidewalks, in parks and on street corners Saturday night to mark the death of another person killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.

Hundreds of angry protesters remained on the streets in Minneapolis on Saturday after federal officers shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.