JTA — After Alex Pretti was shot and killed on Saturday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jewish voices were among the many that quickly rose up in condemnation.

The voices have included both progressive Jewish groups that regularly inveigh against right-wing policies and, increasingly, mainstream groups that say they represent American Jews from across the political spectrum.

The American Jewish Committee, for example, issued an extensive statement expressing concern following Pretti’s death.

“In the spirit of American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) enduring commitment to advancing democratic values in the United States and around the world, we are deeply concerned by the recent violence in Minneapolis and the loss of life connected to federal immigration enforcement actions,” wrote the AJC in a statement.

The US Department of Homeland Security claimed that Border Patrol officers shot Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at a VA hospital, after he “approached” them with a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. Bystander video of the shooting appears to show that Pretti held a cellphone in his hand before he was wrestled to the ground by officers. He was shot multiple times while on the

Pretti’s death shortly follows the shooting death of another........

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