Protesters demand immigration agents leave Minneapolis after fatal shooting

Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who protested President Trump's immigration crackdown in his city

A demonstrator holds a sign during a candlelight vigil during a protest in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Picture: Caroline Brehman/AP

Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a US Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid streets and increasing tensions in a city already shaken by another shooting death weeks earlier.

Family members identified the man who was killed as Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who protested President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.