Alex Pretti's Family Says They Learned of 10-Shot Killing on TV

3 articles · Updated · WBAY · Aug 25

Good Morning America aired the Pretti family's first TV interview, in which his parents said they recognized their son being shot on television after an anonymous caller asked whether they had spoken with him.
Michael and Susan Pretti said no agency notified them of Alex Pretti's death and that they still have not been contacted by authorities.
The family said the 24-year-old Green Bay native was observing and recording ICE-related protest activity in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, not participating in it.
Their account says Pretti moved to help a woman after an agent shoved her, then was swarmed by officers, shot about 10 times in the back and hit with tear gas canisters while holding a camera and an empty hand.
The killing has already drawn demands for accountability and a federal civil rights investigation, with officials previously describing Pretti as an agitator.