{"id":81885,"date":"2026-01-26T13:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=81885"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:10:37","slug":"alex-prettis-death-provokes-outrage-sadness-among-nursing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/alex-prettis-death-provokes-outrage-sadness-among-nursing-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Pretti’s Death by ICE Provokes Outrage and Sadness Among Nursing Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alex Pretti’s official portrait in 2024, as a registered nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (Credit: Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The photo<\/a> shows a bearded man wearing glasses. He’s smiling and dressed in light blue nurse\u2019s scrubs. A slice of American flag appears behind him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ordinary headshot of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive-care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affair Hospital who was shot and killed by federal immigration agents on Saturday, shows a side of him that resonated<\/a> deeply with other first responders as the state \u2013 and nation \u2013 reeled from yet another slaying of a civilian by ICE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at the site where one of our own nurses was murdered,\u201d Mary Turner, an ICU nurse and president of National Nurses United in Minneapolis, said in an emotional video<\/a> posted to Instagram. Pretti was \u201ca VA nurse and an ICU nurse that cared for our most venerated patients \u2013 our veterans.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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