Man fatally shot by federal officer in Minnesota worked as an ICU nurse, his parents say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : He had participated in protests following the killing of Renee Good, who was shot behind the wheel of her SUV by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Law Enforcement officer earlier this month.
46% : "The police, they said call Border Patrol, Border Patrol's closed, the hospitals won't answer any questions?" Eventually, the family called the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, who they said confirmed there was a body matching the name and description of their son.
45% : The shooting came one day after tens of thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE's presence in the city.
44% : The Department of Homeland Security said the shooting happened after he "approached" U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun.
40% : "He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis and throughout the United States with ICE, as millions of other people are upset," said Michael Pretti, Alex's father.
20% : Pretti's mother said her son cared immensely about the direction the county was headed, especially the Trump administration's rollback of environmental regulations.

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