US Justice Department opens federal civil rights probe into death of Alex Pretti

A makeshift memorial for Alex Pretti in New York (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

The US Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse killed on Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials.

“We’re looking at everything that would shed light on that day,” deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday.