Donald Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti an "agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist," marking an increase in the intensity of his rhetoric toward the ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents after the president recently said he wanted to "de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers.

Between Jan. 24 and Jan. 29, Trump officials' statements evolved in a case that has become a major political liability for the president.

DOJ launches civil rights investigation into fatal Border Patrol shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirms.

Federal investigation into Alex Pretti shooting focuses on use-of-force policies, despite gun groups raising Second Amendment concerns.

Anti-ICE demonstrations are expected across the country today, including a student walkout in New York City and a protest in Minneapolis following the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Alex Pretti's shooting death by federal agents in Minneapolis has prompted a DOJ civil rights probe. Renee Macklin Good's death by federal agents has not.

The investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, known as Homeland Security Investigations, had been leading the investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

The Department of Homeland Security says the FBI is now leading the probe into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers.

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has started a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis,

A group of hundreds, many of them nurses still wearing badges after walking from their nearby hospitals, performed a Nightingale Tribute — a traditional send off for nurses — for Pretti, who was killed Saturday by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis.