The sister of Alex Pretti 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 fatally shot 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 CBS News and The Associated Press. “But most importantly, 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 thugs — and that is a pain no words can fully capture.”
Alex Pretti’s life goal “was to help someone — anyone,” she 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, noting that “hearing disgusting lies spread” about her sibling has been “absolutely gut-wrenching.”
“When does this end? How many more innocent lives must be lost before we say enough?” she noted.
