A new cellphone video showing the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has been released and widely shared online.
The footage, believed to be shot from the phone of the ICE officer involved, shows him approaching Good’s SUV as she sits in the middle of a Minneapolis street during a large federal immigration operation. In the clip, Good speaks calmly with the agent and is seen attempting to reverse and then drive forward before three gunshots are heard and the vehicle speeds away and crashes. Someone off-camera is heard muttering a profanity after the shots are fired.
The Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security have defended the shooting as self-defense, claiming Good tried to “weaponize her vehicle” against the agent. Local officials, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, reject that characterization and are demanding greater transparency and accountability.
Good’s wife, Becca Good, has spoken publicly for the first time since the killing, saying the couple had stopped to support neighbors when the confrontation began. The new video has intensified national protest and political debate over immigration enforcement and use of force.
State and local authorities have raised concerns about being excluded from the investigation, as the FBI leads the probe into the shooting.
