Two federal agents fired their guns during the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24, according to a copy of a Department of Homeland Security internal investigation report obtained by USA TODAY.

"My brother is, and always will be, my hero," Micayla Pretti wrote in an emotional tribute to the 37-year-old Minneapolis resident.

ICU nurse Alex Pretti, 37, was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24

The statement continued, referencing videos circulating on social media: “The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gu...

Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot Saturday by Border Patrol officers​, was a nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital, where he worked with the sickest of the sick in the ICU.

Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent this weekend, suffered a broken rib during a previous encounter with federal officers, according to a report.

But witnesses insist he was holding a camera – and footage of the events has cast doubt on the government department's claims that he posed an immediate threat to the officers.

President Trump told reporters Tuesday he had not heard some of his officials refer to Alex Pretti as an “assassin” after being fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis over the weekend.

President Donald Trump plans to reshuffle his immigration operation amid widespread backlash to two high-profile killings of civilians.

Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch said the organization was "heartbroken for what we are having to witness and endure and watch."