MINNEAPOLIS — Jan. 7, 2026, American citizen Renee Nicole Good was shot by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week. As the shooting makes headlines, the event has sparked national controversy across the nation.
At 9:35 a.m. Good’s maroon Honda Pilot stopped diagonally on Portland Avenue where she used a whistle to alert the neighborhood of ICE’s presence. In response, agents drove up to her vehicle and blocked her path for allegedly interfering with and impeding federal law enforcement operations.
Two agents exited their car and began screaming at Good to get out of her vehicle then put her car into reverse for a few feet while an ICE agent tried to open the side door. In response, Good drove forward veering right and hit an agent as she tried to flee the scene.
While she was driving away, an ICE agent who has been identified as Jonathon Ross fired three shots into Good’s car which then crashed into a parked vehicle. As Ross approached the car he peered inside and told his colleagues to call 911.
Bystanders, including a man identifying himself as a physician were denied providing medical aid to Good as she remained bleeding out in her car.
At 9:43 a.m. local firefighters and EMS arrived where they pulled Good out from her car and began CPR 8 minutes after she was shot.
At 9:50 a.m. Good was placed in an ambulance and transported to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead.
Following the shooting, Mayor of Minneapolis Jacob Frey demanded that ICE “get the —- out of Minneapolis.” Meanwhile President Trump defended the agent saying he fired in self-defense and blamed “the radical left” for “targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis.”
The head of Homeland Security Kristi Noem also backed the ICE agent labeling Good as a “domestic terrorist” who attempted to weaponize her vehicle.
However, these accounts are disputed by independent experts and Minnesota officials who claim Good was intending to drive away rather than hitting an agent who intentionally positioned himself in front of her car; they also argue that the labeling of Good as a “domestic terrorist” was an attempt to marginalize a protester and justify the killing.
On Jan. 13 Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of the DOJ refused to investigate the event stating there is “no basis” for a criminal civil rights investigation into the shooting.
Meanwhile, the FBI has focused their investigation on Good’s potential history of anti-ICE activism and domestic terrorism to determine if her actions were a part of a coordinated group effort.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. They are seeking an emergency temporary restraining order to halt ICE operations within the state claiming they are “unconstitutional and unlawful.”
Trump has authorized the decision to send 1000 more ICE agents to Minnesota prompting protests and demonstrations in Minneapolis.
