A CNN analysis of video appears to show a federal immigration officer removing a gun from Alex Pretti just prior to officers fatally shooting him.

Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was carrying a gun in or near his waistband when he was killed on Saturday, but videos show he had not withdrawn it and was disarmed before being shot multiple times.

Alex Pretti had a permit to carry a gun, but some Trump officials have criticized him for doing so at a protest.

The National Rifle Association and others have argued citizens need guns to fend off government. The killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, who carried a pistol, set off debate.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office is investigating city of Jacksonville gun registry after State Attorney declined to prosecute.

The FBI director said that people "cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest you want."

Trump allies are linking Alex Pretti's death by immigration officers to his packing a gun. Prominent 2nd Amendment figures are furious

MINNEAPOLIS — Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the 37-year-old fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent on Saturday, was carrying an Sig Sauer 9mm pistol that is widely popular and frequently carried by U.S. military and law enforcement.