The Department of Homeland Security reportedly has body-worn camera videos of 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti being fatally shot by a federal agent in Minneapolis, an incident that immediately sparked protests in frigid temperatures in the Midwestern city.

Over $1 million has been raised through an online fundraiser for the loved ones of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.

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Current and former HHS staffers accused DHS agents of "murdering, assaulting, and terrorizing people."

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The fatal shooting by federal immigration officers of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen and an intensive care unit nurse at the VA, escalated tensions surrounding the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis and prompted bipartisan calls for investigation.

Jesse Watters claimed Monday without evidence that Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti "violently" obstructed federal agents before he was shot and killed.

"I don't know why they shot him. He was only helping," one Minneapolis resident who recorded the incident attested in an affidavit.