| ELI IMADALI / OPBPortlanders gathered on a cold Tuesday night, on the road across from the entrance to the Portland VA Medical Center, to build a memorial to Alex Pretti. He worked as an intensive care unit nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. About two dozen nurses and doctors from the Portland VA joined the crowd that was honoring Pretti Tuesday, some in their scrubs on their way into work for an evening shift. Ruby Parco-Magalit, a bedside nurse with the Portland VA, attended the memorial with a small group of friends. Federal agents pulled Pretti to the ground, pepper sprayed him, and disarmed him before shooting him repeatedly.