Was andrew pretti fired from his job
Executive summary
The available reporting does not support the claim that Alex Pretti — the Minneapolis ICU nurse shot and killed during a federal enforcement action — was fired from his VA nursing job; multiple fact-checks and news outlets report no credible evidence of termination or disciplinary action [1] [2]. If the question intends a different person named “Andrew Pretti,” none of the provided sources reference that name, and this record cannot verify employment claims about anyone called Andrew [1] [3].
1. What the question likely means: Alex, not Andrew
Most of the coverage and fact-checking circulating since the January 24 incident concern Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA who was killed by federal agents, and not anyone named Andrew; the viral “fired” story attaches to Alex’s name in multiple cautions and debunks by outlets including Military.com, Hindustan Times and IBTimes, which repeatedly treat the allegation as a false or unverified rumor [1] [3] [2]. The record supplied for this briefing contains no reporting that mentions an “Andrew Pretti,” so answering definitively about an Andrew requires additional sources beyond those provided [1] [3].
2. What reputable reporting says about Alex Pretti’s employment status
Contemporary reporting describes Alex Pretti as an intensive care nurse employed at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and several outlets explicitly find no credible evidence he had been terminated for misconduct; fact-checks note that no reputable reporting has documented disciplinary action or firing, and the VA had not issued statements confirming employment problems as of the articles cited [1] [2]. News outlets covering the killing frame Pretti as a VA ICU nurse at the time of his death and report that the rumors about his being fired originated with dubious fringe websites, rather than any official VA document or mainstream investigative report [1] [2] [4].
3. Where the “fired” claim originated and why it’s unreliable
The firing allegation appears to have stemmed from a fabricated item on a site called buzzreport247 that invented a purported Dr. Elena Vasquez and claimed Pretti had been terminated after internal reviews and multiple “documented incidents”; major fact-checkers and news outlets traced the claims to that fake report and found key details — employment at a different named facility and quotes attributed to fictional staff — were invented [3] [5] [4]. Reporting that debunks the rumor emphasizes that mainstream outlets and the VA itself did not corroborate those claims, and that social posts amplified the false narrative during a moment of heightened public outrage over the shooting [1] [3].
4. What remains unsettled and why the distinction matters
While multiple reputable sources debunk the firing allegation, they also note remaining limits: the VA had not publicly released all personnel records in the immediate aftermath, and rapid rumor circulation means some false claims persist online despite debunking [1]. The difference between a verified employment action and an unsubstantiated smear matters for public understanding of motive, character and the political fervor surrounding the shooting — and outlets that examined the footage and sequence of events focused on use-of-force questions rather than personnel history [6] [1].
5. Bottom line
Based on the reporting provided, there is no credible evidence that Alex Pretti was fired from his VA nursing job; the “fired for misconduct” story is traceable to a fabricated online report and has been debunked by multiple outlets [1] [3] [2]. If the inquiry is about an “Andrew Pretti,” the supplied sources do not address that name, so no determination can be made about an Andrew without further, specific documentation [1] [3].