{"id":390234,"date":"2026-01-25T20:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/390234\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T20:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T20:39:08","slug":"alex-pretti-was-murdered-nbas-haliburton-among-sports-stars-to-condemn-minnesota-killing-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/390234\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Alex Pretti was murdered\u2019: NBA\u2019s Haliburton among sports stars to condemn Minnesota killing | NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of prominent US sports stars have condemned the killing of a registered nurse<\/a>, Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Pretti, 37, is the second person shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis in less than three weeks as protests over Donald Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown sweep the city. Senior Trump administration officials have claimed Pretti intended to \u201cmassacre\u201d federal officers with a handgun but video of the killing appears to contradict those claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two-time NBA All-star Tyrese Haliburton, one of the best young players in the league, posted about the killing on Saturday. \u201cAlex Pretti was murdered,\u201d the Indiana Pacers guard wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There were strong reactions from the WNBA. Two-time WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart held a sign<\/a> reading \u201cABOLISH ICE\u201d before her team\u2019s game in Unrivaled, the league she co-founded. Another WNBA star, Angel Reese, posted<\/a> \u201cPraying for our country\u201d on X.<\/p>\n

NFL stars also reacted to the shooting. Former Steelers safety Ryan Clark, who won a Super Bowl with Pittsburgh and is now a broadcaster, paid tribute to Pretti on X<\/a>. \u201cRest Easy Alex Pretti. Bro was a hero. Prayers to his family & loved ones. Senseless death\u2026 AGAIN!!\u201d Clark wrote.<\/p>\n

Dwight McGlothern Jr, a cornerback for Minneapolis\u2019s NFL team, the Minnesota Vikings, has regularly posted on the recent unrest and did so again on Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s not right what\u2019s happening in Minnesota,\u201d he wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NFL hall of famer Alan Page, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Trump in 2018, appears to have been protesting against the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis this week. Images circulating on social media<\/a> show the 80-year-old, who spent much of his career with the Vikings, among protesters.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors was postponed after Pretti\u2019s killing. The Timberwolves play less than two miles from the scene of the shooting and the NBA said it made the decision to \u201cprioritize the safety and security of the Minneapolis<\/a> community\u201d.<\/p>\n

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NBA figures also spoke out after federal officers shot and killed another US citizen, Renee Good, earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s shameful, really, that in our country we can have law enforcement officers who commit murder and seemingly get away with it,\u201d Warriors coach Steve Kerr said<\/a> after Good\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Pretti\u2019s parents have said they are \u201cheartbroken but also very angry\u201d after their son\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump\u2019s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs,\u201d they said. \u201cHe has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper-sprayed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of prominent US sports stars have condemned the killing of a registered nurse, Alex Pretti, by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-390234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}