An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and killed a Minneapolis driver on Wednesday, Jan. 7, in a snowy residential neighborhood south of downtown during the early morning. AP News mentioned the victim was shot just a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020.
Renee Good, 37, was shot in the head in front of a family member and multiple witnesses who recorded the shooting. Videos taken by bystanders showed multiple vantage points and were quickly posted to social media.
Evidence shows an officer approaching Good’s SUV and demanding the driver to open the door. Good begins to pull forward, when a separate ICE officer, now identified as Jonathan Ross, standing close to the front of the vehicle pulls his weapon and fires at least two shots into the vehicle.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the event as an “act of domestic terrorism.” She said at a news conference in Minneapolis that the officer “shot to protect himself and the people around him.”
President Trump posted to social media quickly on Jan. 7. He described Good as
“very disorderly” and “obstructing and resisting.”
Good had only recently moved to Minneapolis with her wife and 6-year-old son. Becca Good described her wife in a statement to Minnesota Public Radio as a Christian woman who believed in loving others. She was “made of sunshine,” Becca Good said.
In a video taken immediately after the shooting, Becca is seen sitting near the vehicle, screaming, “That’s my wife, I don’t know what to do!”
Renee Good’s ex-husband, who was not named, also described her as a devoted Christian.
Good was born in Colorado Springs, Colo. and grew up in the state. Later she moved to Virginia and attended university.
Good studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. She won a prize in 2020 for a poem titled “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs” before graduating with an English degree in December of that year.
In social media accounts, Good described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom,” who was currently “experiencing Minneapolis.” She displayed a pride emoji on her Instagram account.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey accused the Trump administration of using chaos in the city as an “opportunity to occupy Minneapolis in some form.” At a news conference Thursday, Jan. 8, Governor Tim Walz said that Minnesota must be part of this investigation.
State law enforcement officials said they would investigate the killing, but on Jan. 8, a statement was released that federal agencies had denied them access to evidence.
