India, Jan. 25 -- Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The incident came amid simmering tensions after Renee Nicole Good was shot by an ICE agent, Jonathan Ross, towards the start of January. Pretti was reportedly shot after a confrontation with federal agents, videos of the incident showed.

As per federal authorities, the Border Patrol agents had to fire in 'defense'. They identified Pretti as a 'suspect' and said that a firearm with two magazines were recovered from him. President Donald Trump also pointed to Pretti carrying a gun in his Truth Social post, which was later shared on the official White House X handle.

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