Dr. Dimitri Drekonja called the news of Pretti’s death “gutting”
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NEED TO KNOW
- A colleague of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, is speaking out after his death
- The colleague described Pretti, 37, as “kind” and always “willing to help,” in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE
- Pretti was killed on Saturday, Jan. 24, at around 9:00 a.m. local time
Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse shot and killed by federal officers in Minneapolis, is being remembered by one of his colleagues as a ‘kind guy’ and a “very, very skilled nurse.”
“He was energetic, he was kind. He was always quick to have a joke or a laugh,” Dr. Dimitri Drekonja, an infectious disease physician at the VA Medical Center where Pretti was employed, told PEOPLE in an exclusive interview.
“He was very capable. When he gave a summary of the shift … [he] had all the information at his fingertips. He would tell me how the family was doing. He was a very, very skilled nurse,” he continued.
Drekonja, 51, went on to say that the “biggest thing” he wants others to know about Pretti is “that this was a kind and helpful guy — and nothing over the years that I knew him contradicted that. He was always willing to help. Whether it was a small task, whether it was patient care, whether it was, ‘Hey, I can give you a ride over, we’re gonna meet for drinks after work.’ He was just a really kind guy.”
“It’s just been gutting,” he continued of Pretti’s death, adding that he and other colleagues at the hospital “want people to know that [Pretti] was a good person. He was such a nice guy.”
Drekonja additionally said that he and Pretti shared an interest in mountain biking, and that they would often discuss their favorite local routes.
Pretti had been a registered nurse since January 2021, according to his nursing license, obtained by PEOPLE. He previously worked at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Pretti was shot and killed on Saturday, Jan. 24, at about 9:00 a.m. local time.
“DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault,” DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told PEOPLE in
McLaughlin claimed that a man, now identified as Pretti, “approached” U.S. Border Patrol officers while armed with a handgun and “violently resisted” as they attempted to disarm him, saying an agent then fired “defensive shots.”
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