Nurses mourn the loss of colleague Alex Pretti in La Jolla

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Candlelight vigils are always solemn, but the mood on Gilman Drive just north and east of VA Medical Center San Diego was downright heartbroken Thursday night as hundreds gathered to mourn the killing of Minneapolis ICU nurse Alex Pretti.

Hundreds of health care workers and others attended the gathering, organized by National Nurses United, supporting each other in their grief following Pretti’s slaying on Jan. 24 by ICE agents while participating in widespread protests against ongoing federal immigration action in Minnesota’s largest city.

One nurse, asked to describe how she was feeling, declined, saying only, “I can’t, I’ll start crying.”