Fatal shooting of Alex Pretti comes less than three weeks after Renee Nicole Good was killed by immigration agents in city

US federal law enforcement officers on Saturday fatally shot an American citizen in Minneapolis, the second such killing in less than three weeks.

The killing of US citizen Alex Pretti, 37, comes after Renee Good, also a 37-year-old American citizen, was shot dead on 7 January by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, with video showing her trying to drive away from a confrontation, sparking protests nationwide.

City and local police officials said the shooting of Pretti occurred in the area of West 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue. It asked “the public to remain calm”.

Pretti was a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, which serves veterans.