Fury in Minnesota after ICE agent shoots dead 37-year-old woman during deportation raids

The woman shot and killed was identified as Renee Nicole Good

A 37-year-old woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in southeast Minneapolis Wednesday morning as officers were conducting a deportation raid in the city.

The woman was named as Renee Nicole Good by her mother, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The shooting, which occurred days after the Department of Homeland Security deployed an additional 2,000 federal agents to the city, drew immediate outrage from officials who blasted the operation. Dozens descended on the scene of the shooting to protest the killing in the immediate aftermath.

Videos of the incident showed Good sitting in her vehicle, blocking ICE agents. As agents surrounded her, she began to slowly move her SUV away from them. An agent at the front bumper then fired through the windshield as she drove away. Moments later, Good crashed into another car.

However, Department of Homeland Security officials painted a different picture, calling her a “violent rioter” who tried to run over authorities and kill them — in an “act of domestic terrorism.”

“Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly — that is bulls***,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said during a press conference. “This was an agent recklessly using power, resulting in somebody dying.”

A 37-year-old woman was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minnesota on January 7. Renee Good was behind the wheel of her SUV when an officer fired (AP)

Frey, visibly angry, demanded ICE “get the f*** out of Minneapolis.”

Longer versions of the video circulating online show Good sitting in a maroon SUV, with her driver’s side window open, blocking ICE agents from driving down the street. One ICE agent appears to be standing in front of the car at the bumper as two other agents approach the vehicle, demanding she “get out of the car.”

One of the agents attempted to open the driver’s side car door, pulling on the handle multiple times. As he did, Good slowly reversed her vehicle — slow enough that the agent was able to continue walking with the vehicle, attempting to open the car door.

She then stopped her vehicle to put it in drive. At the same time, the agent, trying to open the door, appeared to reach into her open window, seemingly to unlock the car from the inside.

Good slowly pulled her car forward in an attempt to leave. That’s when the agent, still standing in front of the car, drew his firearm.

As she continued to pull forward, the agent fired two shots — one of which went through the windshield of the SUV. As the gunshots rang out, the car appeared to make contact with the agent; however, the agent dodged the vehicle as the driver accelerated and remained standing the entire time.

Good hit the gas, sending the vehicle flying down the street and crashing into a car and telephone pole.

ICE officer shot the woman through the windshield of her vehicle (AP)

Bystanders who watched and filmed the encounter screamed, calling the agents “criminals.” Several appeared to rush over to Good in the vehicle; however, ICE agents demanded that people “get back.”

While details of the incident were still unfolding Wednesday afternoon, Trump administration officials appeared to double down on the assertion that the woman was attempting to kill ICE agents.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the event as a vehicle ramming incident that led to a shooting. In brief remarks from Texas, Noem claimed officers were trying to push out their vehicles from the snow when the “woman attacked them and those surrounding them.”

An ICE agent restrained protesters who were attempting to block vehicles from leaving the scene where a person was reportedly shot in Minneapolis (Reuters)

The confrontation enraged members of the community. Protesters in the area gathered to condemn the federal law enforcement agents for firing gunshots at the woman. Some threw snowballs at the agents’ vehicles — leading federal agents to deploy chemical irritants, similar to pepper spray.

Protesters shouted at ICE to leave Minneapolis after the fatal shooting (AP)

On social media, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz rebuked the administration’s narrative, saying he had seen the video.

“Don’t believe this propaganda machine. The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice,” Walz wrote. During a later press conference, Walz called for people to protest responsibly in the aftermath and said he had the National Guard on standby for any unrest.

“What we’re seeing is the consequences of governance designed to generate fear, headlines and conflict,” Walz said. “It’s governing by reality TV, and today, that recklessness cost someone their life.”

President Donald Trump also reacted in the aftermath of the shooting and defended the agent’s actions.

“It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defence,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!”

The shooting happened as thousands of ICE agents descended on Minneapolis to push deportation arrests under President Donald Trump (Getty)

Others in Minnesota and from the Democratic party rushed to condemn the shooting. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar said she was praying for the family of the deceased woman and blamed the administration’s decision to deploy federal law enforcement for the tragedy.

“We need full transparency and an investigation of what happened, and I am deeply concerned that statements made by DHS do not appear to reflect video evidence and on-the-ground accounts. While our immigration enforcement should be focused on apprehending and prosecuting violent criminals to make our communities safer, these ICE actions are doing the opposite and making our state less safe,” Klobuchar wrote.

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar accused DHS of “lying” about the events of the shooting.

“There was no attempt to run the officer over and no ICE agents appear to be hurt. Get out of our city,” Omar wrote on X (Twitter).

California Rep. Sara Jacobs rebuked the administration’s narrative, calling it a “murder.”

Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib called for the agent who killed the woman to “be held accountable and brought to justice.”