Alex Pretti

Alex Pretti’s sister shared an emotional tribute to her late brother in which she also condemned the rampant misinformation that had emerged in the days since he was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.

“Alex was kind, generous and had a way of lighting up every room he walked into. He was incredibly intelligent and deeply passionate, and he made people feel safe,” Micayla Pretti said in a statement shared with News and The News. “But the most important thing is that he was my brother. I had the privilege of being his little sister for 32 years. I will never be able to hug him, laugh with him or cry to him again because of those bullies, and that is a pain that no words can fully express.”

Alex Pretti’s life goal “was to help someone, anyone,” he added, pointing to his work as an intensive care nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital. “My brother is and always will be my hero.”

Elsewhere in her statement, Micayla Pretti condemned the politicization of her brother’s death and noted that “hearing disgusting lies” about her brother has been “absolutely heartbreaking.”

“When will this end? How many more innocent lives must be lost before we say enough is enough?” she noted.

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Alex Pretti, 37, was among a group of people protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Saturday when he was shot and killed by federal agents.

The altercation was captured from multiple angles on cell phone videos, all of which appear to show Alex Pretti behaving nonviolently. However, as was the case in the January 7 shooting of Renee Nicole Good, also a Minneapolis resident, some members of the Trump administration have claimed that the officers acted in self-defense.

“This individual impeded law enforcement officers and attacked them,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Saturday before accusing Alex Pretti of “domestic terrorism.”

In a conversation with CNN’s Dana Bash that aired Sunday, US Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino shared similar sentiments, stating that Alex Pretti was “actively impeding and attacking law enforcement” before he was killed.

Other lawmakers from both political parties have rejected the government’s response to the death of Alex Pretti. His parents, Susan and Michael Pretti, have described the “disgusting lies told by the administration about our son” as “reprehensible and disgusting.”