Renée Nicole Macklin Good was a 37-year-old American citizen who was shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, MN on January 7, 2026. Renée was a writer and a poet, mother of three, and lived in Minneapolis with her wife and six-year-old son from a previous marriage.
Details of Renée Nicole Good’s Shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
On the day of the shooting, Renée and her wife were returning home after dropping their son off at school when they encountered a group of ICE agents whose vehicles were stopped in the street.
Video taken by the ICE officer who eventually shot Good shows her sitting in the driver’s seat of her vehicle, which was parked diagonally on the road. Her wife was outside the vehicle filming the agents and criticizing their operating tactics. The last words Renée was recorded saying were directed at her soon-to-be killer: “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.”
More ICE vehicles approached, and Renée motioned for the cars to pass by. One vehicle passed but another stopped and agents emerged from the car, shouting conflicting orders toward Good.
One agent yelled at Good to drive away, but another approached her window and told her to “get out of the fucking car.” Renée briefly reversed, turned her wheels away from the agents at her door, and began to pull away from them. Her wife yelled at her to “drive”.
Agent Jonathan Ross continued recording with his cell phone as he drew his weapon and fired three shots through Good’s window, striking her in the breast, forearm, and head. Her car continued down the street a short distance before crashing into another car and a light pole.
Ross’s video captured him exclaiming “fucking bitch!” as her car crashed.
ICE agents blocked bystanders from approaching the vehicle, including one who claimed to be a physician and wanted to provide immediate medical care.
Ross and several other agents got in their vehicles and left the scene rather than staying behind to participate in crime scene investigation.
First responders arrived six minutes after the shooting and were forced to remove Good from her car and carry her body down the block before they could render aid. Good still had a pulse upon their arrival, but unfortunately she was later pronounced dead at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Lies & Obstruction by the US Government in Relation to Good’s Killing
Department of Justice
A wave of career prosecutors in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division resigned in protest after the department, led by Trump loyalist Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate whether Good’s civil rights had been violated.
Additionally, a US attorney and five additional federal prosecutors resigned in the District of Minnesota in response to the Justice Department’s decision to focus their investigation on Good and her widow instead of ICE agent Ross. In addition to investigating the victims of the killing, the Justice Department announced they would also look into whether Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey “[conspired] to impede federal officers from carrying out their duties.”
Federal Bureau of Investigation
On January 8, the head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension stated that the FBI had revoked their access to evidence of the shooting in violation of an earlier agreement that the organizations would work together on an investigation.
Department of Homeland Security
Shortly after the incident was reported by the media, DHS released a statement saying “violent rioters weaponized a vehicle and attempted to run over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.”
Video from the incident clearly shows their statement was a lie.
US President Donald Trump
Donald Trump made multiple false claims about Good, including a post on Truth Social which said “The woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer.”
Trump also claimed that ICE officer Jonathan Good was recovering in the hospital and “lucky to be alive”, despite the abundance of video evidence — including the video taken by Ross himself — which proved he was never struck by Good’s vehicle.
Kristi Noem, Former Homeland Security Secretary
Kristi Noem said at a press conference that Good and her wife “had been stalking and impeding [ICE officers] all throughout the day. [Good] refused commands to get out of her vehicle and attempted to run a law enforcement officer over. The ICE officer feared for his life and that of other officers and fired defensive shots that killed the woman.”
Noem also repeated the lie that agent Jonathan Ross had been struck by Good’s vehicle, requiring his hospitalization.
Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Public Affairs
Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement, “Good was impeding law enforcement and weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill or cause bodily harm to federal law enforcement” and the “officer was in fear of his own life.” She added, “The American people can watch this video with their own eyes and ears and judge for themselves.”
Video proved her statements were entirely false.
Sources:
Wikipedia, “Killing of Renée Good“
BBC, “Who was Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE?“
The Guardian, “ICE agent in Minneapolis killing identified as 10-year law enforcement veteran“
The Minnesota Star Tribune, “How a 40-second encounter led an ICE agent to shoot and kill a Twin Cities resident“
The Minnesota Star Tribune, “‘I’m a physician,’ he said. ‘Don’t care’ was the reply.“
CBS News, “Mass exodus hits Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division amid lack of action in Minneapolis, sources say“
The New York Times, “Six Prosecutors Quit Over DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good’s Widow“
The Minnesota Star Tribune, “Justice Department says it has no plans to investigate ICE agent who killed Renee Good and confirms Walz, Frey probe“