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Minneapolis ICE shooting victim ID'd as Renee Nicole Good
An ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. Federal officials are claiming self-defense, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is calling "bullshit" on that claim.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer as the largest ICE immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota history continues, Department of Homeland Security officials confirmed Wednesday.
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Minneapolis ICE shooting: Video shows deadly shooting
A 37-year-old woman was fatally shot by an ICE officer on Wednesday morning. Video shows what happened.
What we know:
Minneapolis officials on Wednesday afternoon said the woman who was fatally shot by an ICE official was a 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, who appeared to be in the vehicle alone.
According to court records, Good has three children.
"This morning an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a member of our community. Renee was a resident of our city who was out caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken today at the hands of the federal government. Anyone who kills someone in our city deserves to be arrested, investigated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," the Minneapolis City Council said in a statement.
Good graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia back in 2020 with a degree in English. A post from ODU President Brian Hemphill said, "May Renee's life be a reminder of what unites us: freedom, love, and peace. My hope is for compassion, healing, and reflection at a time that is becoming one of the darkest and most uncertain periods in our nation's history."
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Gov. Walz on fatal ICE shooting: 'Maybe this is their McCarthy moment'
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reacts to the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal agent Wednesday morning in Minneapolis. Walz says the incident was preventable, unnecessary and blames the Trump Administration for creating a chaotic environment in The Twin Cities due to an immigration crackdown with an increase in federal agents.
The shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. in the area of East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Good then died at the hospital.
According to an Associated Press report, Her ex-husband, who asked not to be named out of concern for the safety of their children, said Good 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 on a snowy street in Minneapolis. They had moved there last year from Kansas City, Mo.
Trump administration officials painted Good as a domestic terrorist who had attempted to ram federal agents with her car. The AP report says her ex-husband said she was no activist and that he had never known her to participate in a protest of any kind.
He described her as a devoted Christian who took part in youth mission trips to Northern Ireland when she was younger. She loved to sing, participating in a chorus in high school and studying vocal performance in college. She studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Virginia and won a prize in 2020 for one of her works. She also hosted a podcast with her second husband, who died in 2023.
Good had a daughter, and her son from her first marriage, who are now 15 and 12. Her 6-year-old son is from her second marriage.
Her ex-husband said she had primarily been a stay-at-home mom in recent years but had previously worked as a dental assistant and at a credit union.
Conflicting accounts
What they're saying:
Federal officials are claiming self-defense, but Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is calling "bullshit" on that claim.
Witnesses told FOX 9, a woman got into a red vehicle and there was one ICE agent on either side of the vehicle trying to get in, and a third ICE agent came and tried to yank on the driver's side door. One of the agents on the driver's side door backed away, and then opened fire, shooting three times through the driver's side window, witnesses said. One witness said the vehicle wasn't moving toward the agents.
However, federal officials said ICE officers were "conducting targeted operations" when "rioters" blocked officers. One of the "rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them." Officials said an ICE officer who was "fearing for his life" fired "defensive shots" to save himself and his officers, killing the woman.
Shooting marks latest in series of ICE operations in US
Big picture view:
The shooting marks a dramatic escalation of the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations in major American cities under the Trump administration.
READ MORE: 'Largest ever' ICE operation underway in Minnesota
The Twin Cities have been on edge since DHS announced Tuesday that it had launched the operation, with 2,000 agents and officers expected to participate in the crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.
A large throng of protesters gathered at the scene after Wednesday's shooting, where they vented their anger at the local and federal officers who were there, including Gregory Bovino, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official who has been the face of crackdowns in Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere.
The Source: This story was reported from Los Angeles. KMSP, The Associated Press contributed.