Catholic Priest Who Worked With Alex Pretti Says He Was Known for ‘Kindness’

Michie · Jan 28, 2026

The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’

A Roman Catholic priest who worked with Alex Pretti, the man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota, said he was known for his “kindness” and disputed the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assassin.

Pretti, an ICU nurse, was shot while filming federal officers on a Minneapolis street on Jan. 24.

The incident marked the second shooting death by federal agents in the city. Renee Good was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

Father Harry Tasto, who worked with Pretti for 10 years when he worked as a chaplain at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis, spoke about the nurse’s life during a Sunday evening Mass at the Basilica of St. Marybroadcasted by WCCO.

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Catholic Priest Who Worked With Alex Pretti Says He Was Known for ‘Kindness’

The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’

www.ncregister.com

chevyontheriver · Jan 28, 2026

Michie said:
The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’

A Roman Catholic priest who worked with Alex Pretti, the man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota, said he was known for his “kindness” and disputed the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assassin.

Pretti, an ICU nurse, was shot while filming federal officers on a Minneapolis street on Jan. 24.

The incident marked the second shooting death by federal agents in the city. Renee Good was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

Father Harry Tasto, who worked with Pretti for 10 years when he worked as a chaplain at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis, spoke about the nurse’s life during a Sunday evening Mass at the Basilica of St. Marybroadcasted by WCCO.

Continued below.

Catholic Priest Who Worked With Alex Pretti Says He Was Known for ‘Kindness’

The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’

www.ncregister.com

He brought a gun and two clips of ammo to a ‘mostly peaceful protest’. As was his constitutional right. But that is not the mark of a gentle person. Unsurprisingly it did not go gently either.

RileyG · Jan 28, 2026

May God have mercy on his soul! :prayer:

chevyontheriver · Jan 28, 2026

chevyontheriver said:
He brought a gun and two clips of ammo to a ‘mostly peaceful protest’. As was his constitutional right. But that is not the mark of a gentle person. Unsurprisingly it did not go gently either.

And he is now identified as vandalizing a vehicle on January 12th. He's been a busy boy.

Michie · Jan 28, 2026

chevyontheriver said:
And he is now identified as vandalizing a vehicle on January 12th. He's been a busy boy.

I saw that.

RileyG · Jan 28, 2026

chevyontheriver said:
And he is now identified as vandalizing a vehicle on January 12th. He's been a busy boy.

May God’s will be done! And may God have mercy on our nation!

That is all!

RileyG · Jan 28, 2026

Michie said:
I saw that.

I sincerely hope he escaped damnation and made it to purgatory at least. Same with Rene Good. Even though she was a practicing lesbian who showed no sign of repentance.

May God have mercy on them and his will be done!

Michie · Jan 28, 2026

I’ve always been taught that God is the perfect judge. We leave everyone to God’s mercy.

RileyG · Jan 28, 2026

Michie said:
I’ve always been taught that God is the perfect judge. We leave everyone to God’s mercy.

Amen!

I agree! Even though, I’m still scared about the salvation of those I’ve known who completely rejected Christianity and apparently died unrepentant.

It’s more anxiety than anything.

If that makes sense?

Michie · Jan 28, 2026

RileyG said:
Amen!

I agree! Even though, I’m still scared about the salvation of those I’ve known who completely rejected Christianity and apparently died unrepentant.

It’s more anxiety than anything.

If that makes sense?

I understand. God knows their hearts. Prayer is never wasted. God knows how to apply it. A lots of these anxieties are normal but we must remember that nobody can be more merciful than God. But we also have to remember that the Lord laid out how we conduct ourselves and we all fail. But we keep going. We all work out our salvation with fear and trembling. We can’t please all people all the time. But we can try to please God to the best of our abilities and not hide the lights we are called to be in the world. Trying to make videos by inserting ourselves in volatile situations for the political content we put out on the internet is not a smart move. A very sad situation all around.

JimR-OCDS · Jan 29, 2026

Here's a video of the peaceful guy taken on January 13th.

"On January 13th, The News Movement filmed a man who appears to be Alex Pretti interacting with federal immigration agents. Our footage was analyzed by the BBC, whose facial recognition technology confirmed his identity to a 97% degree of accuracy."

Michie · Jan 29, 2026

I saw it last night on the news.

chevyontheriver · Jan 29, 2026

RileyG said:
May God’s will be done! And may God have mercy on our nation!

That is all!

A correction. It was apparently January 13th and not January 12th.

None of this means he ‘deserved’ to be shot, but that he was neither a squeaky clean gentle nurse either.

JimR-OCDS · Jan 29, 2026

chevyontheriver said:
A correction. It was apparently January 13th and not January 12th.

None of this means he ‘deserved’ to be shot, but that he was neither a squeaky clean gentle nurse either.

Just different than what the media has tried to portray him as. He in fact was shown to be violent in the recent past.

FaithT · Jan 29, 2026

chevyontheriver said:
A correction. It was apparently January 13th and not January 12th.

None of this means he ‘deserved’ to be shot, but that he was neither a squeaky clean gentle nurse either.

That’s true, but still excuse for shooting him.

edit: it’s still NO excuse for shooting him.

chevyontheriver · Jan 29, 2026

FaithT said:
That’s true, but still excuse for shooting him.

It is not an 'excuse' for shooting him. It shows that he should have been arrested earlier and maybe he would still be alive.

The reason the ICE shooters should be excused from criminal liability is that he had a gun, the existence of a gun was called out, and the gun was discharged within about a second of the presence of the gun being made known. The man was still resisting arrest, and it would be rational for most of them to think in that instant that they were confronting an active shooter.

chevyontheriver · Jan 29, 2026

JimR-OCDS said:
Just different than what the media has tried to portray him as. He in fact was shown to be violent in the recent past.

Exactly. The media has spun these protesters all as peaceful nice neighborly wholesome individuals. The 'mostly peaceful' sort rallying to the aid of neighborly wholesome refugees. Not quite. Multiple hundreds of them should have been arrested for felonies and misdemeanors. Instead they have been encouraged by state and local government that are engaged in insurrection. I think this qualifies as civil war.

I have a reservation for a summer vacation in northern Minnesota. If I am able to keep that reservation I will provide a wide berth of the Twin Cities, not getting within a hundred miles. I have always been leery of Minneapolis proper, But I wouldn't even drive around it on 694 or 494 at this point. I used to live in Minnesota and am so glad I moved out. It has gone downhill so far so fast.

Linda426 · Monday at 8:23 PM

Michie said:
The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’

A Roman Catholic priest who worked with Alex Pretti, the man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota, said he was known for his “kindness” and disputed the narrative of top Trump administration officials that he was a violent “domestic terrorist” and would-be assassin.

Pretti, an ICU nurse, was shot while filming federal officers on a Minneapolis street on Jan. 24.

The incident marked the second shooting death by federal agents in the city. Renee Good was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.

Father Harry Tasto, who worked with Pretti for 10 years when he worked as a chaplain at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis, spoke about the nurse’s life during a Sunday evening Mass at the Basilica of St. Marybroadcasted by WCCO.

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Catholic Priest Who Worked With Alex Pretti Says He Was Known for ‘Kindness’

The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’

www.ncregister.com

Can i ask a question?

Why did he leave his kindness home
That night when he was full of rage
And being an agitator seen as a threat,
Thats kindness?

Michie · Monday at 8:25 PM

Linda426 said:
Can i ask a question?

Why did he leave his kindness home
That night when he was full of rage
And being an agitator seen as a threat,
Thats kindness?

No. I don’t disagree. The media tends to shine the best light on these people though. I don’t condone what happened but it did not need to happen.

Linda426 · Monday at 8:58 PM

Its pitiful it had to occur, definitely, but
Think of how and why they felt forced when
Pretti came there filled with rage, kicked in a taillight from unprovoked anger of anything Agents did to him, but
When Officials found he also had a weapon
On his person and he reached into his pocket,
That becomes a forced action in having to be defended against.

I recall something of this happening previous times where kids had fake guns but in not recalling all details, the circumstances led
To one of the kids being shot, also warnings on news and in schools, to not even have any fake guns on their person, because we all know guns fire bullets and bullets kill and if such
A situation where there is a bluff involving
Police and someone goes into their pocket,
The perceived threat is real in select situations.

Gone are the days when kids played cops and robbers with fake guns for this very reason why i believe fake toy guns arent even made anymore!

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