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Here’s everything we know and more about the fatal Minnesota shooting involving an ICE agent and an American citizen.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – JANUARY 08: People gather for a protest after the killing of Renee Nicole Good on January 08, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation yesterday in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Here’s everything we know and more about the fatal Minnesota shooting involving an ICE agent and an American citizen.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – JANUARY 08: A portrait of Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the site of her shooting on January 08, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation yesterday in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Cellphone footage has been released showing the vantage point of the ICE agent who fired the deadly shots that killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – JANUARY 07: Members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, “fearing for his life” killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
The horror of George Floyd’s murder still lingers in the minds and hearts of Black folks, so when videos surfaced Wednesday (Jan. 7) of an ICE agent killing a U.S. citizen in the very same city—Minneapolis—the disbelief was visceral.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Mayor Zohran Mandami (Photos: Getty Images) Middle: olice tape surrounds a vehicle suspected to be involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, “fearing for his life” killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Just four blocks from where a Minneapolis police officer knelt on George Floyd’s neck in 2020, a mother was gunned down in broad daylight on Wednesday (Jan. 7), this time at the hands of a masked ICE agent. While Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told the feds to “get the f**k out” of his city, the echo of his outrage is already vibrating through the halls of power in Chicago and New York. Mayors Brandon Johnson and Zohran Mamdani are breaking their silence on the shooting and drawing a line in the sand.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – JANUARY 07: An onlooker holds a sign that reads “Shame” as members of law enforcement work the scene following a suspected shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, “fearing for his life” killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Renee Nicole Good — a young white, conventionally attractive woman and mother — was shot to death by an ICE agent in her car on a street in Minneapolis, a major U.S. city with a majority white population. The tragedy is too common, but the optics are much different than what the public is accustomed to when they think of ICE or police victims.
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 08: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) joins DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta (D-PA) and hosts Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert for a SiriusXM Town Hall on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett offered a tearful response to the horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota this Wednesday (Dec. 7). News of the ICE-involved shooting reached all the way to the U.S. House Committee by the next day, and while politicians were quick to speed past the tragedy, Crockett insisted the committee address the elephant in the room.
TOPSHOT – US Border Patrol agents detain a person near Roosevelt High School during dismissal time as federal immigration enforcement actions sparked protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026. An immigration officer in Minneapolis shot dead a woman Wednesday, triggering outrage from local leaders even as US President Donald Trump claimed the officer acted in self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey deemed the government’s allegation that the woman was attacking federal agents “bullshit,” and called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers conducting a second day of mass raids to leave Minneapolis. (Photo by Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images)
Tensions between Minneapolis residents and immigration enforcement is at an high following a shocking killing of an American citizen. In the wake of an ICE agent shooting Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, state Gov. Tim Walz gave a frightening warning to residents.
U.S. federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain immigrants and asylum seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building’s U.S. Immigration Court in New York, New York, Thursday, July 24, 2025. In recent weeks, masked agents have begun quickly detaining immigrants, and in some cases, U.S. citizens, at court houses for immediate detention and deportation. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
The public was never supposed to see the face of ICE agent Johnathan Ross when he opened fire on Renee Good’s SUV in Minnesota. Video taken from the scene shows Ross adjusting his face mask after shooting the unarmed citizen in the head and before fleeing in an unmarked car. It wasn’t until Secretary Kristi Noem bragged about him being an “experienced officer” that Ross’ mask finally came down.
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