The White House on Friday shared a new video of this week’s fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. The footage, apparently taken by the agent’s cellphone, shows the pivotal moments before, during and after their deadly encounter.
Federal and local officials offered wildly differing accounts of Wednesday’s shooting, which has stirred nationwide outrage. Trump administration officials said the woman, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, attempted to “run over” the officer, who was identified by multiple news outlets as Jonathan Ross.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has repeatedly referred to the incident as “an act of domestic terrorism,” and accused Good of “stalking” ICE officers. Vice President JD Vance called Good’s death a “tragedy of her own making,” alleging that she “aimed her car at a law enforcement officer.” But other video footage appeared to contradict those claims.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Friday stood by his initial comments, in which he called the administration’s account “bulls***,” accused the agent of “recklessly” abusing his power and demanded that ICE “get the f*** out” of his city. Meanwhile, law enforcement officials in Minnesota said that the FBI is blocking their access to material in the investigation, and urged the public to submit evidence directly to a state prosecutor’s office.
In Portland, Ore., two people were shot and wounded by a Border Patrol agent on Thursday, a day after Good’s killing. The incidents have renewed outrage over President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown in cities across the United States.
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FeaturedDylan Stableford
Video of fatal ICE shooting, which appears to have been taken by agent, is shared by the White House
Top Trump administration officials on Friday urged the public to watch a new cellphone video of the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.
The footage appears to have been taken by the ICE agent who killed her. It shows him approach Good’s SUV as she backs up and turns the wheel. Good then tells the officer as he films her, “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” As he walks around the vehicle, another woman — identified as Good’s wife — is seen standing outside of the car holding up her phone, appearing to film him as he took video of the license plate.
“That’s OK, we don’t change our plates every morning,” she tells the agent. “Just so you know, it will be the same plate when you come talk to us later. That’s fine. U.S. citizen, former f***ing veteran, disabled veteran.
“You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch big boy,” she continued.
At that point, another agent approaches and tells Good to get out of the car. With her dog in the back seat, she backs up, turns the wheel and the vehicle moves forward as muffled gunshots are heard in quick succession.
As the car drives away, the agent can be heard saying, “You f***ing bitch.” A crash is then heard.
The video, which was posted to X by Alpha News, was shared by Vice President JD Vance, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Department of Homeland Security.
“Watch this, as hard as it is,” Vance wrote on X. “Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense.”
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Andrew Romano
Organizers anticipate 1,000 ‘ICE Out for Good’ protests and vigils on Jan. 10 and 11
Demonstrators protest outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Jan. 8 in Minneapolis. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images) A coalition of advocacy groups has quickly planned more than 1,000 “nonviolent, lawful, and community-led” protests and vigils across the U.S. on Saturday, Jan. 10, and Sunday, Jan. 11, to honor Renee Nicole Good and others who have died in confrontations with ICE while demanding accountability from the Trump administration.
The coordinated “ICE Out for Good Weekend of Action” was organized by Indivisible, MoveOn, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream and 50501, among others.
“Good and the Portland victims are part of a broader and deeply alarming pattern of unchecked violence and abuse by federal immigration enforcement agencies,” the organizers said in a statement.
Ezra Levin, the co-executive director of Indivisible, told the Associated Press that he expects “normal everyday Americans who do not want to be messed with in this way” to participate.
“This is hitting people who previously were not engaged,” Levin said. “I do not think this is an ideological fight.”
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Andrew Romano
Trump claims Renee Good was a ‘very high-level agitator,’ without providing evidence
Responding to questions at a White House event with oil executives, President Trump on Friday claimed that Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old mother of three shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, was “a very high-level agitator” and “professional troublemaker.”
“In my opinion she was an agitator — a very high-level agitator,” Trump said. “So professional. She wouldn’t stop screaming. I said, ‘This isn’t a normal situation. This is a professional troublemaker.'”
The president seemed to be referring to a new cellphone video of the incident reportedly taken by the ICE agent who killed Good. In the video, Good calmly tells the officer who is filming her, “That’s fine, dude — I’m not mad at you.”
Administration officials have repeatedly alleged, without evidence, that Good belonged to “a larger, sinister left-wing movement” to put federal immigration agents “under organized attack,” in the words of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
But Good’s ex-husband told the AP that she was not an activist and that he had never known her to participate in a protest of any kind. On Friday, Good’s wife said in a statement that the two of them “stopped to support our neighbors” before Good was fatally shot.
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Dylan Stableford
Minnesota education officials say ICE agents are waiting outside schools looking to nab parents
Educators in Minnesota say that amid the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown, parents are fearful of bringing their kids to school.
“ICE agents deliberately wait outside the school building during drop-off and pickup times, trying to catch parents and take them away,” said Wendy Marczak, president of the Bloomington Federation of Teachers, at a press conference on Friday. “The consequences of those actions are devastating. Everyone is scared and angry. Teachers feel helpless to protect their students. Students are not coming to school. Learning is being lost.”
Monica Byron, president of Education Minnesota, demanded that ICE stay away from Minnesota schools.
“Their presence near our schools puts students and educators at serious risk,” Byron said in a statement. “Every moment they remain near schools endangers children, educators and families. We demand that ICE operations be kept away from schools so students, educators and staff can learn and work in safety and peace.”
In Minneapolis, officials announced on Friday that public schools will offer families the option of remote learning for a month due to the federal immigration operations. The virtual learning option will be available through Feb. 12.
After the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE officer on Wednesday, Minneapolis Public Schools announced that classes would be canceled for the rest of the week.
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Dylan Stableford
Renee Nicole Good’s wife says they ‘stopped to support’ their neighbors before fatal ICE shooting: ‘We had whistles. They had guns.’
People gather for a vigil in memory of Renee Nicole Good in Seattle on Jan. 8. (David Ryder/Reuters) Renee Nicole Good’s widow, Becca Good, released a statement to MPR News on Friday, remembering the “kindness” of her slain wife while mourning her loss.
In her statement, Becca Good said that they had “stopped to support our neighbors” when the fatal ICE shooting unfolded.
“We had whistles,” Becca Good wrote. “They had guns.”
Here is her statement in full:
First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.
This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.
Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow. Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.
Like people have done across place and time, we moved to make a better life for ourselves. We chose Minnesota to make our home. Our whole extended road trip here, we held hands in the car while our son drew all over the windows to pass the time and the miles.
What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy. And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.
We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness. Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.
On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest is just six years old and already lost his father. I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.
We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve. We thank you for ensuring that Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.
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Dylan Stableford
Hennepin County DA asks the public to submit evidence directly to her office
A top Minnesota prosecutor is asking the public to send any evidence surrounding the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good directly to her office.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty urged residents to submit evidence, including photos or videos, through a portal on her website.
The effort to “collect and preserve” investigative material in the case comes after Minnesota officials said the FBI stopped cooperating with state law enforcement in the probe.
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Dylan Stableford
City removes barriers near scene of Renee Nicole Good’s shooting, will preserve memorial
A barricade blocks the street near the site where Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Minneapolis officials said on Friday that the city had removed barriers blocking the area of Wednesday’s deadly ICE shooting to “ensure emergency access” to the area.
In a statement, the city said that “an estimated 15 tons of debris were removed, including metal and tires.”
City officials also said that they will not remove a makeshift memorial for Renee Nicole Good near the scene of her killing.
“We will continue to keep the area around these memorials clear and clean for the benefit of all,” the statement said. “As our community mourns the loss of a neighbor, it’s important to preserve space for public memorials.”
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring Good. (Tom Baker/AP) “We encourage anyone who wishes to come together in remembrance to do so peacefully,” the city added. “But public streets must remain open and accessible so emergency responders can meet urgent safety needs as quickly as possible.”
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Dylan Stableford
Protesters clash with federal agents in Minneapolis
A protester confronts federal agents in Minneapolis on Friday. (Adam Bettcher/AP) Several protesters clashed with federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis on Friday morning.
Photos published by the Associated Press showed one demonstrator filming the agents as they pushed the protester away. Another showed a demonstrator being arrested.
A person is detained by federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis. (Adam Bettcher/AP) Yesterday, outside the same building, protesters were met with a line of federal officers, who “fired tear gas on the crowd at one point,” according to NBC News.
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Kate Murphy
DHS identifies 2 people wounded in shooting by Border Patrol agent in Oregon
In a statement posted to X on Friday, the Department of Homeland Security identified the two people who were shot by a Border Patrol agent during a vehicle stop in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, calling them “suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates.”
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Luis David Nico Moncada, who was shot in the arm. He allegedly entered the U.S. illegally in 2022, according to DHS.
The passenger in the vehicle was identified as Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, who was shot in the chest. DHS alleges she entered the U.S. illegally in 2023 and that she played a role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring.
Both have been hospitalized, and their conditions are unknown.
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Yahoo News Photo Staff
Minnesota Timberwolves hold moment of silence for Renee Good
The NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves honored Renee Nicole Good during Thursday night’s home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
A moment of silence at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Jan. 8. (Matt Krohn/AP) Players lined up with a local youth team for a moment of silence before the game as a memorial for Good was displayed on the Jumbotron.
Timberwolves players join a youth team to honor Renee Good before the game. (Bruce Kluckhohn/Imagn Images via Reuters) -
Kate Murphy
Ore. governor calls for ‘transparency and accountability’ after Border Patrol agent shoots 2 in Portland
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek speaks during a press conference on Jan. 8. (John Rudoff/Reuters) Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek spoke to the media after two people were shot by a Border Patrol agent in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, where she said the incident only heightened the need for “transparency and accountability” from the federal government.
“We are standing here today united as a state wanting peace and safety in our communities. We are all shaken and outraged by another terrible, unnecessary, violent event instigated by the reckless agenda of the Trump administration, this time in our own state, in our largest city, coming just one day after the tragedy in Minnesota. While the details of the incident remain limited, one thing is very clear: When a president endorses tearing families apart and attempts to govern through fear and hate rather than shared values, you foster an environment of lawlessness and recklessness.
“Trust is essential to maintaining community safety and the rule of law. Federal agents, at the direction of the Department of Homeland Security, are shattering trust. They are hurting people and they are destroying day by day what we hold dear. our sense of safety and our literal safety are severely undermined by what happened this afternoon in Portland. I’m so thankful that no one died and that more people weren’t hurt.”
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Kate Murphy
Frey refutes Vance’s claim that ICE agent involved in fatal shooting has ‘absolute immunity’
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey responded to a reporter’s question on Friday about comments made by Vice President JD Vance at a press briefing on Thursday, during which Vance blamed Renee Nicole Good for the shooting and accused the media of lying about the incident.
“I think we have to get to a point here where we’re not trusting everything they’re saying. I think he also asserted that, because you work at the federal government, that you somehow have absolute immunity from committing crimes. That’s not true in any law school in America,” Frey said. “This is a problem and it should be investigated.”
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Dylan Stableford
Minneapolis mayor stands by calling Trump administration’s narrative ‘garbage’
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a press conference on Jan. 9. (Tyrone Siu/Reuters) At Friday’s press conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he stood by the scathing comments he made in the aftermath of this week’s fatal ICE shooting.
“What I said was that it was a reckless abuse of power. Yes, it was a reckless abuse of power,” Frey told reporters. “I said that the narrative that the administration was pushing in the immediacy following this shooting was garbage and false and BS. It was. I stand by every one of those.
“This notion of inflammatory comments, I mean, come on, guys,” the mayor added. “I dropped an F-bomb. They killed somebody.”
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Kate Murphy
Minneapolis City Council member calls on FBI to allow state investigators access to evidence
Speaking at the press conference on Friday, Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez said: “Our entire community is mourning because of the inhumane tactics of ICE separating our families, forcing people back into the shadows and the pure brutality by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”
Chavez, whose online bio describes him as the son of Mexican immigrants, described Good as “a mother, a wife and a beloved community member, not a domestic terrorist.”
The City Council member added, “I am calling on Trump’s FBI to allow the Minnesota [Bureau of Criminal Apprehension] to have access to all the information so an independent investigation can occur. It is important and critical to our community to have a sense of trust in this process by having an independent investigation to present to the county attorney so that adequate charges can be made.”
On Thursday, the BCAe announced that it was withdrawing from the investigation after being informed that federal law enforcement would not share any of the relevant materials it had gathered.
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Dylan Stableford
Minneapolis mayor: ‘This is not a time to hide from the facts’
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks during a press conference at City Hall on Jan. 9. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) At a press conference on Friday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey criticized the Trump administration’s rush to defend the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good.
“This is not a time to hide from the facts,” Frey said. “This is a time to embrace them.”
The mayor said that by “calling the victim a domestic terrorist,” federal officials appear to have concluded their investigation while not allowing Minnesota state law enforcement access to evidence.
Frey also reiterated his call for ICE to end its operations in his city.
“We are a safe city; ICE is making us less so,” he said. “We are a united city, but ICE is trying to divide us and tear us apart.”
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Dylan Stableford
John Mulaney postpones Minneapolis shows after fatal ICE shooting
Comedian John Mulaney has postponed three shows that were scheduled for this weekend in Minneapolis.
“What’s happening in your city is heartbreaking,” Mulaney wrote on Instagram. “I hate to postpone shows in a town going through such awful challenges and such grief, because it feels unfair to the audience. Still, I don’t feel comfortable asking thousands of people each night to leave their homes, gather at the venue, and then make their way home when the situation is so unsafe.”
He added: “I know a fun stand-up show could be a nice distraction, but it doesn’t sit right with me to put anyone at risk.”
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Dylan Stableford
6 arrested during protest near ICE facility in Portland
Protests over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown grew in major U.S. cities overnight following shootings by federal agents Portland, Ore., and Minneapolis.
In Portland, police said that six people were arrested during a protest near the city’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building. All six were charged with disorderly conduct; four were also charged with “interfering with a Peace Officer.”
“To date, the total number of arrests related to ICE protest activity is 79,” the Portland Police Department said.
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Dylan Stableford
Walz declares ‘Day of Unity’ for Renee Good, calls for nationwide moment of silence
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz declared Friday a “Day of Unity” in remembrance of the woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
“While we cannot bring back Renee Nicole Good, we can honor her life by standing together for decency, democracy, compassion, and our shared values,” Walz said in a statement. “I invite all Minnesotans and Americans to join me in a day of unity, and honoring her with a moment of silence and participating in acts of service.”
Walz is encouraging people to observe a moment of silence at 10 a.m. CT.
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Andrew Romano
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche weighs in on fatal ICE shooting
With federal investigators of this week’s fatal ICE shooting reportedly barring their Minnesota counterparts from access to evidence, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche took to social media Thursday to note that “following any officer-involved shooting, standard protocols ensure that evidence is collected and preserved.”
Yet Blanche also seemed to echo the Trump administration’s argument that the agent who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good was acting in self-defense, which has been called into question by video evidence.
Federal agents “must make decisions, under dynamic and chaotic circumstances, in less time that it took to read this sentence,” Blanche said. “The law does not require police to gamble with their lives in the face of a serious threat of harm. Rather, they may use deadly force when they face an immediate threat of significant physical harm.”
Earlier, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz warned that if “people in positions of power have already passed judgment” on what happened, it will be “very, very difficult [to] get a fair outcome” from federal investigators.
“Minnesota must be part of this investigation,” Walz said. “The only way we find the answers is a thorough investigation by nonpartisan officials.”
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Andrew Romano
Minnesotans gather for protests, vigil at site of Renee Nicole Good’s shooting
People gather near the site of the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. (Tom Baker/AP) Late Thursday afternoon, Minneapolis residents gathered at the site of Renee Nicole Good’s shooting for a vigil and planned anti-ICE protest, with dozens standing near a makeshift memorial for the victim, according to wire photos and local news reports.
The makeshift memorial honoring Renee Nicole Good. (John Locher/AP) Earlier, law enforcement “deployed some kind of crowd repellent” to push back protesters back near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in the Minneapolis area, according to CNN.
Protesters confront federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building. (Tom Baker/AP) Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety has outlined ways for residents to “safely and lawfully to express [their] views,” and the state’s governor, Democrat Tim Walz, has praised them for demonstrating peacefully so far.
“Last night we saw Minnesota meet this moment,” Walz wrote Thursday on X. “We saw a beautiful vigil. We saw thousands of Minnesotans demonstrate peacefully. Let’s keep it that way — stay peaceful, stay safe.”
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Mike Bebernes
City of Minneapolis outlines policy barring police from cooperating with ICE
The city released a statement Thursday explaining its policy that blocks local police from assisting federal authorities in immigration-related operations.
The policy, called a separation ordinance, stipulates that police will not help ICE to identify, locate, transport or detain anyone as part of an immigration enforcement operation. Police also will not close down streets or conduct crowd control to help facilitate ICE’s work.
The city clarified that it may collaborate with federal authorities in cases where someone’s immigration status is a key element of another crime, like human trafficking, or if there is an imminent threat to the public.
“MPD will investigate criminal activity without regard to a person’s actual or perceived immigration status. Doing otherwise would have a chilling effect on our ability to provide public safety to our community,” the city wrote.
While local police will not assist ICE in most circumstances, city policy also bars them from interfering with the agency’s operations.
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Mike Bebernes
Walz orders Minnesota National Guard to be ‘staged and ready’ to support local law enforcement
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has asked the state National Guard to be ready to step in to help Minneapolis police in “protecting critical infrastructure and maintaining public safety,” as tensions continue to simmer in the aftermath of Renee Nicole Good’s death.
Walz emphasized that the step was precautionary, praising the residents of Minneapolis for protesting peacefully.
“Minnesotans have met this moment. Thousands of people have peacefully made their voices heard. Minnesota: thank you. We saw powerful peace,” he said in a statement. “We have every reason to believe that peace will hold.”
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Mike Bebernes
Community ‘may never learn’ details of shooting if FBI doesn’t cooperate with state authorities, county attorney says
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty released a statement on Thursday saying that her office is “exploring all options” to ensure that a state-level investigation into the death of Renee Nicole Good can go forward after the FBI rescinded its offer to cooperate with Minnesota law enforcement.
“If the FBI is the sole investigative agency, the State will not receive the investigative findings, and our community may never learn about its contents,” Moriarty wrote.
Earlier on Thursday, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension announced that it was withdrawing from the investigation after being informed that federal law enforcement would not share any of the relevant materials it had gathered.
“Minnesota must be part of this investigation,” Gov. Tim Walz said during a news conference on Thursday, warning that it would be “very, very difficult” for residents of the state to accept the outcome of an inquiry that excluded local authorities.
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Dylan Stableford
ICE ‘back in the fight’ in Minneapolis after shooting, director says
Speaking on Fox News on Thursday, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said that immigration agents have resumed their “law enforcement mission” in Minneapolis.
“We took a pause yesterday afternoon, after that deadly shooting and incident, to check on our staff and our officers and the scene and make sure everything was secure,” Lyons said. “But we were back in the fight less — more than an hour later. So we continued operations in Minnesota. We’re there today. We’re still conducting operations, our daily law enforcement mission, in all 50 states and territories right now, so we’re going to keep doing the work.”
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Andrew Romano
What we know about the ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good
Administration officials — including Vice President JD Vance and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — provided additional details on Thursday about the ICE agent alleged to have shot Renee Nicole Good during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis.
The agent, who hasn’t been officially identified, has more than 10 years of experience on the job, according to Vance.
He is a member of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Special Response team — a tactical unit trained and equipped to handle high-risk situations that fall outside the scope of daily operations for standard deportation officers.
He “went to the hospital” and “received treatment” after “he was hit by [Good’s] vehicle,” according to Noem. He is now “spending time with family,” she added.
After an enforcement encounter in June, Vance said, the agent in question got “33 stitches in his leg,” after he was “dragged by a car.” CBS News reported at the time that the agent took out his spring-loaded window punch and broke the driver’s side rear window after the driver — for whom ICE had an arrest warrant — repeatedly refused to comply. The driver then sped away with “the agent hanging from the car.”
Vance speculated on Thursday that as a result, “maybe [the agent] is a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile.”
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Dylan Stableford
Vance calls death of woman shot by ICE a ‘tragedy of her own making’
Vice President JD Vance speaks during a White House press briefing on Thursday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) After berating reporters in the White House briefing room over their coverage of the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good, Vice President JD Vance described her death as a “tragedy of her own making.”
“I can believe her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it is a tragedy of her own making,” Vance said, alleging without evidence that she was part of a “far-left movement, a lunatic fringe” that was targeting ICE.
“I’m not happy that this woman lost her life,” he continued before repeating the claim that she was “interfering with a law enforcement action.”
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Andrew Romano
Good’s ex-husband contradicts Trump administration claims about Renee Nicole Good
On Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged that Renee Nicole Good had followed and “harassed” officers “all day” before one of them shot and killed her in Minneapolis.
But new reporting by the Associated Press contradicts Noem’s claim.
According to Good’s ex-husband, she had “just dropped off her 6-year-old son at school Wednesday and was driving home with her current partner when they encountered a group of ICE agents,” the AP reported.
Similarly, the White House on Thursday tried to connect Good to what press secretary Karoline Leavitt described, without evidence, as “a larger, sinister left-wing movement” to put federal immigration agents “under organized attack.”
But Good’s ex-husband told the AP that she was not an activist and that he had never known her to participate in a protest of any kind.
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Dylan Stableford
Vance accuses reporters in White House briefing room of ‘lying’ about ICE shooting
Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters on Jan. 8. (Alex Brandon/AP) Joining White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt at a press briefing, Vice President JD Vance read a CNN headline about Wednesday’s fatal shooting: “Outrage after ICE officer kills U.S. citizen in Minneapolis.”
“Well, that’s one way to put it,” Vance said. “What that headline leaves out was that that woman was there to interfere with a legitimate law enforcement operation in the United States of America.”
Vance then accused “many” members of the media in the briefing room of “lying about the attack.”
The vice president claimed the woman, identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, “aimed her car at a law enforcement officer and pressed on the accelerator.”
However, video footage of the incident appears to show Good turning the vehicle away from the ICE agent, contradicting Vance’s claim.
“She was trying to ram this guy with her car. He shot back. He defended himself,” he continued. “And everybody who’s been repeating the lie that this was some innocent woman who was out for a drive in Minneapolis when a law enforcement officer shot at her, you should be ashamed of yourselves, every single one of you.”
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Andrew Romano
Without evidence, White House blames ‘larger sinister left-wing movement’ for ICE shooting
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks to reporters on Jan. 8. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) At a news conference on Thursday afternoon, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democrats for Wednesday’s ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
The incident “occurred as a result of a larger, sinister left-wing movement that has spread across our country” and put federal immigration agents “under organized attack,” Leavitt claimed without evidence.
She went on to accuse “radicals in the Democrat [sic] Party” of “impeding immigration enforcement operations daily, creating extremely heightened and dangerous circumstances.”
Video footage of Wednesday’s shooting taken from three camera angles and analyzed by the New York Times shows that Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle appeared to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
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Dylan Stableford
Minneapolis condemns removal of state investigators from FBI investigation
The city of Minneapolis released a statement on Thursday after Minnesota state investigators announced that the FBI is blocking access to evidence in the investigation into Wednesday’s fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
“The decision to remove the [Bureau of Criminal Apprehension] from the ICE fatal shooting investigation is deeply disappointing,” the statement read. “We are concerned that the investigation is proceeding without state partners, and we are calling for a clear and transparent process that includes state investigating agencies.”
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Andrew Romano
Walz criticizes Trump administration for blocking Minnesota from ICE shooting investigation
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticized the Trump administration for blocking state officials from taking part in the investigation into Wednesday’s deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis, saying the decision will make it “very, very difficult” to “get a fair outcome.”
“We have learned that the Trump administration has now denied the state the ability to participate in this investigation,” Walz said during a news conference on Thursday. “Minnesota must be part of this investigation.”
Walz said his concern is that “people in positions of power have already passed judgment, from the president to the vice president to [Homeland Security Secretary] Kristi Noem. [They have] stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate.”
“There has to be another place to turn to get justice,” Walz added. “The only way we find the answers is a thorough investigation by nonpartisan officials.”
Commissioner Bob Jacobson of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety said his team had been “invited in to do a joint investigation on this initially” but has since been cut out. Jacobson said federal officials typically lead investigations into the use of force by federal agents, but that state officials had “worked jointly and shared information” with the FBI before.
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Andrew Romano
Noem claims woman killed by ICE followed and ‘harassed’ officers ‘all day’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference in New York City on Jan. 8. (David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Reuters) Speaking at a news conference in New York City on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem continued to defend the use of deadly force by an ICE agent in the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, claiming that Good had followed and “harassed” officers “all day.”
“These individuals had followed our officers all day, had harassed them, had blocked them,” Noem said. “They were impeding our law enforcement operations, which is against the law.”
When pressed, Noem declined to elaborate on the events leading up to the shooting, saying only that DHS would be releasing “more details” in the coming days.
Noem went on to repeat her allegation that Good committed an “act of domestic terrorism” despite videos and eyewitness accounts that show Good’s car turning away from the federal officer who opened fire.
The agent who shot Good “acted according to his training,” Noem said, adding that she expected her department’s policies of review for deadly force incidents to show that he responded “appropriately.”
Asked whether DHS would be sending more federal agents to Minneapolis in the wake of the shooting, Noem did not rule it out. “We have thousands of officers there,” she said, “and I’m not opposed to sending more, if necessary, to keep people safe.”
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Dylan Stableford
Trump is pressed on his assertion that slain woman ‘ran over’ ICE agent
Hours after the fatal ICE shooting, President Trump posted one of several videos of the incident to his social media site, saying that “the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense.” The clip, though, did not appear to show what led to the encounter, nor does it show the officer being run over.
New York Times reporters who were speaking with Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon said they “pointed out the inconsistencies and the lack of clarity in videos circulating in social media” to the president.
“She behaved horribly,” Trump responded. “And then she ran him over. She didn’t try to run him over. She ran him over.”
Pressed by the reporters, Trump had one of his aides pull up the video he posted on a laptop. “I’ll play the tape for you right now,” the president said.
The Times reporters said they told Trump the angle did not appear to show an ICE officer had been run over.
“Well,” Trump said. “I — the way I look at it…
“It’s a terrible scene,” he added at the end of the video. “I think it’s horrible to watch. No, I hate to see it.”
On Thursday, the Times published a video compilation that appears to contradict the Trump administration’s claims about the shooting.
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Dylan Stableford
Fatal ICE shooting took place less than a mile from the site of George Floyd’s killing
The fatal ICE shooting of a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday occurred less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Floyd’s death prompted weeks of nationwide protests and unrest.
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Dylan Stableford
Minnesota state police official says the FBI is blocking access to evidence in shooting investigation
Minnesota state law enforcement officials said Thursday that the FBI has barred them from taking part in the investigation into Wednesday’s deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
In a statement published by the Associated Press, Drew Evans, the head of Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said the U.S. attorney’s office informed him that the investigation will “now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation.”
“Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,” Evans said, adding: “As a result, the BCA has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation. The BCA Force Investigations Unit was designed to ensure consistency, accountability and public confidence, none of which can be achieved without full cooperation and jurisdictional clarity.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem refuted the idea that Minnesota investigators has been “cut out” of the probe, telling reporters that “they do not have jurisdiction in this investigation.”
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Andrew Romano
How many people have been shot by ICE?
Wednesday’s fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis was not an isolated incident. Since the Trump administration launched its large-scale deportation raids in major cities last year, federal officers have shot and killed at least three other people, according to media reports reviewed by the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.
- On Sept. 12, 2025, immigration officers pulled over a Mexican immigrant named Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez outside of Chicago. He was shot and killed less than a minute later after reportedly trying to flee. The Department of Homeland Security claimed that Villegas-Gonzalez hit and dragged an officer with his car and that he was shot in self-defense. But a New York Times video analysis calls into question key aspects of the government’s account.
- On Dec. 11, 2025, a border patrol agent shot and killed a 31-year-old Mexican citizen while trying to detain him in Rio Grande City, Texas. The agent transmitted via radio that he was involved in a fight with the man for two minutes, according to the incident report.
- And on Dec. 31, 2025, an off-duty ICE agent reportedly used his service weapon to shoot and kill 43-year-old Keith Porter in Northridge, Calif. Authorities say Porter raised a rifle at the officer.
In addition, the New York Times reports that immigration officers have fired on at least eight other people in five states and Washington, D.C., since September. “All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles,” according to the Times. Officials have claimed self-defense in each case.
But the evidence doesn’t always support those claims. In October, a border patrol agent shot a Chicago resident, Marimar Martinez, multiple times during an immigration enforcement operation in the city’s Brighton Park neighborhood. Initially, DHS claimed that Martinez “rammed” the agent’s car and pulled a gun. In November, federal prosecutors dropped the charges following court revelations that contradicted the initial DHS narrative.
Another nonprofit news organization, the Trace, has counted a total of 14 shootings by federal immigration officers as of Jan. 7.
Such incidents were less common prior to the administration’s current immigration crackdown. According to ICE’s annual reports, officers used their firearms three times between September 2023 and September 2024 and five times in the year before that.
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Kate Murphy
Democratic leaders condemn Trump administration, ICE over shooting death of Renee Nicole Good
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hold a joint news conference on Jan. 8. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Democratic leaders on Thursday morning condemned the actions of the Trump administration and ICE over the shooting death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
During a press conference on Capitol Hill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both from New York, were asked if Democrats would reduce funding for ICE or hold it accountable if the party retakes the House or Senate next year following the midterm elections.
“The killing of Renee Nicole Good was an abomination, a disgrace, and blood is clearly on the hands of those individuals within the administration who have been pushing an extreme policy that has nothing to do with immigration enforcement connected to removing violent felons from this country,” Jeffries told reporters.
The House minority leader said that while Democrats support the removal of violent felons who are here in the U.S. illegally, “that’s not what this administration has been doing under the so-called leadership of Kristi Noem, who’s a stone-cold liar. There’s no evidence at all that this was a justified shooting.”
Schumer added that he watched the video of Wednesday’s shooting, and said, “You felt like your stomach was being punched. … Looking at the video, there seemed no justification for what these agents did. There needs to be a full investigation at the federal level, although I have little faith in the FBI of doing a fair investigation, or DHS, but at the local level as well.”
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Kate Murphy
Photos show scene in Minneapolis, where federal agents and protesters clash after ICE agent kills woman
Photos taken Thursday show tension and clashes between federal agents and demonstrators who are gathered outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in St. Paul, Minn., to protest the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
Federal agents stand watch as protesters gather in St. Paul, Minn., on Thursday. (Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images) Protesters clash with federal agents on Thursday. (Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images) Border Patrol agents detain a demonstrator at a protest. (Tim Evans/Reuters) Demonstrators are detained at a protest. (Tim Evans/Reuters) A cloud of tear gas can be seen rising amid a group of demonstrators as federal agents nearby look on. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) -
Dylan Stableford
Witnesses descibe moments before, during and after deadly ICE shooting
The scene of Wednesday’s fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Neighbors who witnessed Wednesday’s fatal ICE shooting are describing what they saw.
Emily Heller told Minneapolis Public Radio that she saw a car, which appeared to be part of a protest against federal law enforcement operations, blocking traffic. The witness said she heard ICE agents telling the female driver to “get out of here.”
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said.
Trevor Heitkamp, another resident, told CNN that he saw ICE agents yelling at Renee Good to move.
“The car backed up slowly and proceeded to pull forward pretty slowly,” Heitkamp said. “Then the agent who fired the weapon was on the opposite side of the car to me and I heard four, possibly five shots, and then the car sped forward because … this person’s injured and their foot went down.”
Tyrice Jones, another witness, said he came down from his upstairs apartment after he heard gunshots and a crash. Outside, he saw Good’s SUV smashed into a streetlight directly in front of his building, and a woman who identified herself as Good’s wife covered in blood sitting in the snow with her dog.
“You guys just killed my wife!” the woman shouted, according to Jones.
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Kate Murphy
Minneapolis schools cancel classes for remainder of week due to ‘safety concerns’
Minneapolis Public Schools announced on Wednesday evening that classes would be canceled for the rest of the week following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.
“Out of an abundance of caution, there will be no school on Thursday, Jan. 8 and Friday, Jan. 9 due to safety concerns related to today’s incidents around the city,” the district wrote on its website. “All MPS-sponsored programs, activities, athletics and Community Education classes, including adult education, will be canceled. The district will not move to e-learning because that is only allowable for severe weather. MPS will continue collaborating with the City of Minneapolis and other partners on emergency preparedness and response.”







