An AI-manipulated image depicting the moments before immigration agents shot an American nurse spread across across the internet, eventually making its way onto the hallowed floor of the U.S. Senate.

Social media platforms are awash with graphic footage from the moment U.S. agents shot and killed 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Minnesota ¡ª a moment that sparked nationwide outrage.

One frame from the grainy footage was digitally altered using artificial intelligence, according to AI experts.