Renee Nicole Good was found inside her vehicle with four apparent gunshot wounds following a fatal shooting involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, according to a Minneapolis Fire Department incident report.
Good, 37, was discovered unresponsive in her car around 9:42 a.m. local time on Jan. 7, with blood visible on her face and torso, the report states. Earlier that morning, she had dropped off her 6-year-old child at school before heading home with her partner, Becca Good.
According to the report, Good sustained two apparent gunshot wounds to her right chest, one to her left forearm, and a possible gunshot wound on the left side of her head described as having “protruding tissue.” Blood was also observed coming from her left ear.
Emergency responders moved Good from her vehicle to a nearby snowbank and then to the sidewalk to create a safer and more accessible scene for medical treatment, while separating her from what officials described as an escalating situation involving law enforcement and bystanders.
The report describes Good as unresponsive and not breathing, with an irregular and weak pulse. First responders attempted lifesaving measures at the scene, in an ambulance, and later at Hennepin County Medical Center. CPR was discontinued at approximately 10:30 a.m., and she was pronounced dead.
Witness accounts and 911 calls
Multiple 911 calls were placed following the shooting. One caller told dispatchers that agents shot Good because she did not open her car door. Another caller reported seeing an ICE officer fire two shots through the windshield into the driver’s seat, after which Good attempted to drive away before crashing into a parked vehicle.
That caller said Good’s partner exited the vehicle and ran to assist her, while the caller observed blood covering the driver.
The shooting was carried out by Jonathan Ross, an ICE agent who joined the agency in 2015 and had been serving as a firearms instructor and a member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. The encounter occurred after Good and her partner altered their route home following the school drop-off.
At the time, federal immigration agents were conducting a large-scale operation in Minneapolis, prompting protests and heightened tensions across the city. Witnesses said the scene quickly became chaotic after shots were fired.
“I heard three pops of the gun,” one witness recalled. “People started screaming, ‘You killed her.’”
Legal action and family response
This week, Good’s family retained a law firm known for representing families in high-profile police use-of-force cases. Attorneys representing Good’s partner, parents, and siblings said they are launching a civil investigation into the shooting to determine what occurred and whether the use of force was justified.
In a statement, the attorneys said Good and her partner had noticed federal agents in their neighborhood that morning and stopped to observe, intending to support nearby residents affected by the operation.
“People want to know what could and should have been done to let Renee live and pick her child up safely from school that afternoon,” one attorney said.
Good was a mother of three. She shared her youngest child with her former husband, who died in 2023. She also had two older children, ages 12 and 15, from a previous marriage.
The shooting remains under investigation as questions mount over the circumstances that led to Good’s death and the actions of federal agents at the scene.