News Editor John O’Connor discusses the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, the intense response from top government officials and the public outpouring of anger and protest that has followed the fatal shooting by an ICE agent.
On January 7, 2026, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a recorded confrontation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The agent involved has since been identified through the media as Jonathan Ross.
Videos have circulated widely online of the incident, which took place near Good’s home. The videos show multiple ICE agents approaching Good’s SUV, stopped in the middle of the street. An officer attempted to open the driver’s side door and another is heard saying "Get out of the (expletive) car."
Ms. Good began to reverse slowly forward, beginning to turn to the right, away from the officer before another officer, Jonathan Ross, drew his gun and fired three shots, one at the front windshield and two more through the open driver’s side window as Good attempted to drive past.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem defended the agent’s actions - whose agency falls under her jurisdiction - and accused Good of “domestic terrorism.”
Senior Trump administration officials, including Noem, Vice President JD Vance, and President Donald Trump himself, alleged that Good used her vehicle as a weapon and stated that the agent fired in self-defense. Vance later stated that the series of events and its tragic end was “a tragedy of [Good’s] own making.”
Following the shooting, Jacob Frey, the Mayor of Minneapolis, held a press briefing and delivered a message to ICE and President Trump stating: “ICE - get the [expletive] out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here, your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety and you are doing exactly the opposite.”
Mayor Frey later wrote a guest opinion essay for the New York Times, writing that “Blue cities like Minneapolis used to be able to count on good-faith partnerships with the federal government under both Republican and Democratic administrations [...] but such partnerships, in both crisis and ordinary government, are not the experience of big-city Democratic mayors under the Trump administration.”
“ICE - get the [expletive] out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here, your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety and you are doing exactly the opposite.” stated the Mayor of Minneapolis.
For many Americans, ICE under President Trump has become a symbol of fear rather than security, prompting support from prominent politicians, such as New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, for the agency’s dissolution. Thousands have gathered all over the country in New York City and Minneapolis, to protests against the actions ICE took and the administration’s response. Advocates argue this is necessary to prevent further family separations and loss of life, as, at the time of publication, more than 30 individuals have been killed by ICE since Trump’s second term began just 12 months ago.
Advocates argue this is necessary to prevent further family separations and loss of life, as, at the time of publication, more than 30 individuals have been killed by ICE since Trump’s second term began just 12 months ago.