The parents of slain intensive care nurse Alex Pretti, RN, said there was no reason he should have died that day[1]. Alex Pretti was a 37-year-old medical brother who worked in the intensive care unit of a hospital for war veterans in Minneapolis[1]. According to the analysis of the video footage, he was holding the phone in his right hand and raising his empty left hand above his head as he tried to protect the woman who was sprayed with tear gas[1]. Federal agents say they fired in self-defense, but the New York Times refutes those claims based on videos[1]. Colleagues described him as a hardworking professional devoted to patients[1]. Doctor Dimitri Drekonja described him as a great colleague and friend[1]. In his free time, Pretti was engaged in outdoor sports[1].