MINNEAPOLIS: Family members say the man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday was an intensive care nurse at a VA hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city. Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed getting in adventures with Joule, his beloved Catahoula Leopard dog who also recently died. He worked for the US Department of Veterans Affairs and had participated in protests following the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs officer .

The killing of the 37-year old man sparked a surge of protests in a city already furious about the ICE killing of Renee Good.

Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific research