{"id":503653,"date":"2026-01-09T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503653\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:57:14","slug":"minneapolis-officials-urge-calm-after-an-ice-officers-fatal-shooting-of-renee-good-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/503653\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis officials urge calm after an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis\u2019 streets Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman<\/a> the day before by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a new shooting by federal officers in Oregon left two people wounded<\/a> and elicited more scrutiny of enforcement operations across the U.S.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people protesting the shooting of Renee Good<\/a> marched in freezing rain at night down one of Minneapolis\u2019 major thoroughfares, chanting \u201cICE out now\u201d and holding signs saying, \u201ckiller ice off our streets.\u201d Protesters earlier vented their outrage outside a federal facility that is serving as a hub for the administration\u2019s latest immigration crackdown on a major city.<\/p>\n

The shooting in Portland, Oregon, took place outside a hospital in the afternoon. A man and woman were shot inside a vehicle, and their conditions were not immediately known. The FBI and the Oregon Department of Justice were investigating. Mayor Keith Wilson and the city council called on ICE to end all operations in the city until a full investigation is completed.<\/p>\n

Just as it did following the Minneapolis shooting, the Department of Homeland Security defended the actions of the officers in Portland, saying the incident occurred after a Venezuelan man with alleged gang ties and who was involved in a recent shooting tried to \u201cweaponize\u201d his vehicle to hit the officers. It was not yet clear if witness video corroborates that account.<\/p>\n

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem<\/a>, President Donald Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.<\/p>\n

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Vice President JD Vance said the shooting was justified and Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was a \u201cvictim of left-wing ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it is a tragedy of her own making,\u201d Vance said, noting that the officer who killed her was injured while making an arrest last June.<\/p>\n

But state and local officials and protesters rejected that characterization, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey saying video recordings show the self-defense argument is \u201cgarbage.\u201d<\/p>\n

An immigration crackdown quickly turns deadly<\/p>\n

The shooting happened on the second day of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part, and Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.<\/p>\n

It provoked an immediate response in the city where police killed George Floyd<\/a> in 2020, with hundreds of people turning up to the scene to vent their outrage at the ICE officers and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution.<\/p>\n

Good\u2019s death \u2014 at least the fifth<\/a> tied to immigration sweeps since Trump took office \u2014 has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, as protests took place or were expected this week in many large U.S. cities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be horrified,\u201d protester Shanta Hejmadi said. \u201cWe should be saddened that our government is waging war on our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protesters blocked the street where Good was shot with makeshift barricades constructed out of garbage cans, Christmas trees and canopies. People gave out coffee and water, while fires burned in metal drums to keep visitors warm.<\/p>\n

Who will investigate?<\/p>\n

The Minnesota agency that investigates officer-involved shootings said Thursday that it was informed that the FBI and U.S. Justice Department would not work with the it, effectively ending any role for the state to determine if crimes were committed. Noem said the state has no jurisdiction. <\/p>\n

\u201cWithout complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,\u201d said Drew Evans, head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. <\/p>\n

Gov. Tim Walz<\/a> demanded that the state be allowed to take part, repeatedly emphasizing that it would be \u201cvery difficult for Minnesotans\u201d to accept that an investigation excluding the state could be fair.<\/p>\n

Noem, he said, was \u201cjudge, jury and basically executioner\u201d during her public comments.<\/p>\n

Frey, the mayor, told The Associated Press: \u201cWe want to make sure that there is a check on this administration to ensure that this investigation is done for justice, not for the sake of a cover-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deadly encounter seen from multiple angles<\/p>\n

Several bystanders captured video of Good\u2019s killing<\/a>, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown.<\/p>\n

The recordings show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward, and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range<\/a>, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.<\/p>\n

It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with agents earlier. After the shooting the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.<\/p>\n

Officer identified in records<\/p>\n

The federal agent who fatally shot Good<\/a> is an Iraq War veteran who has served for almost two decades in the Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Jonathan Ross.<\/p>\n

Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle of a driver who was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. He was dragged roughly 100 yards (90 meters) before he was knocked free, records show.<\/p>\n

He fired his Taser, but the prongs did not incapacitate the driver, according to prosecutors. Ross was transported to a hospital. <\/p>\n

A jury found the driver guilty of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.<\/p>\n

Attempts to reach Ross, 43, at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful.<\/p>\n

DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin also did not confirm his identity but said the officer involved in the shooting was selected for ICE\u2019s special response team, which includes a 30-hour tryout and additional training. <\/p>\n

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Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 As anger and outrage spilled out onto Minneapolis\u2019 streets Thursday over the fatal shooting of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":503654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[4219,69,225148,57,57213,4222,409,55484,2066,66858,2399,2936,17635,3663,3669,50,212,80,23077,402,2068,57215,225146,225147,3677,3665,10425,3676,51507,2065,61,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-503653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"category-us","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-drew-evans","12":"tag-general-news","13":"tag-george-floyd","14":"tag-gun-violence","15":"tag-immigration","16":"tag-jacob-frey","17":"tag-jd-vance","18":"tag-jonathan-ross","19":"tag-kristi-noem","20":"tag-law-enforcement","21":"tag-minneapolis","22":"tag-minnesota","23":"tag-mn-state-wire","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-oregon","26":"tag-politics","27":"tag-portland","28":"tag-protests-and-demonstrations","29":"tag-race-and-ethnicity","30":"tag-racial-injustice","31":"tag-renee-good","32":"tag-shanta-hejmadi","33":"tag-shootings","34":"tag-tim-walz","35":"tag-tricia-mclaughlin","36":"tag-u-s-department-of-homeland-security","37":"tag-u-s-federal-bureau-of-investigation","38":"tag-u-s-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","39":"tag-u-s-news","40":"tag-united-states","41":"tag-unitedstates","42":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}