New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year old nurse, was reportedly shot and killed by the federal agents during a Minneapolis immigration crackdown. As videos of the shooting emerged, chatter broke out on social media over claims on whether Pretti pulled a gun on ICE/Border Patrol agents during the incident.

Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said that federal officers were conducting an operation and fired "defensive shots" after a man with a handgun approached them and "violently resisted" when officers tried to disarm him, the Associated Press reported.

However, in bystander videos of the shooting, Pretti is seen with a phone in his hand but none appears to show him with a visible weapon, the r...