Alex Pretti was shot and killed in south Minneapolis on Saturday morning. A day later, hundreds gathered at the site of his death.

In a statement, the parents of the man slain in Minneapolis said that their son “wanted to make a difference.”

The parents of a Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol agents reflected on the incident in a Sunday statement while ripping the Trump administration for demonizing their son. Alex Pretti was shot and killed while attempting to help a woman who fell during protests against the Trump administration’s deportation raids in Minneapolis.