ICE agent shoots, kills U.S. citizen Renee Good in south Minneapolis

By CBS News Updated on: January 9, 2026 / 6:43 AM CST / CBS Minnesota [Editor's note: Live updates related to the aftermath of the fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting have moved here.] An ICE officer fatally shot a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis, leaving the city reeling and community members outraged. The shooting happened at East 34th Street and Portland Avenue, mere blocks away from where a Minneapolis officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, sparking off weeks of protests around Minneapolis-St. Paul, around the U.S. and worldwide. What to know about the Minneapolis ICE shooting The victim has been identified as 37-year-old Renee Good, a U.S. citizen who moved to the Twin Cities from the Kansas City area. City leaders said she was a legal observer of federal actions in the city and wasn't a target for an ICE-related arrest.

The makeshift barrier around Good's memorial at 34th and Portland Avenue is being dismantled Friday.

The shooting is being investigated by the FBI exclusively. On Thursday, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said it had been conducting a joint investigation with the FBI, but the federal agency then "reversed course," adding "the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation." Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday morning said, "It feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome" in the wake of the FBI decision.

A senior DHS official confirmed to CBS News that the agent who opened fire was a member of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Team — a specially trained tactical unit within ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations. He was previously dragged by a car when trying to arrest a man in Bloomington, Minnesota, six months ago. In the court records from that incident, the officer is identified as Jonathan Ross.

Community organizers staged a "nonviolent emergency protest" Thursday morning, beginning at the Fort Snelling Park & Ride in Minneapolis, where WCCO observed at least three people being taken into custody.

Witnesses tell WCCO that whistles sounded to alert neighbors of ICE's presence at about 9:30 a.m. Witnesses say they saw a Honda Pilot blocked by multiple federal agents, and an agent tried to open the driver's side door. The motorist then put her vehicle into reverse, then into drive. Witnesses said they then heard three shots fired. The Honda traveled another several feet before crashing into another vehicle.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem characterized the driver's actions as an "act of domestic terrorism." President Trump claimed that Good "ran over" an officer, sharing a video that does not show any officer being run over. Other videos posted to social media of the deadly encounter corroborate witness accounts over Trump and DHS claims. Mayor Jacob Frey said he's seen the videos of the incident as well and called the federal agency's narrative of the events "bulls**t." Walz added, "Don't believe this propaganda machine."

The killing comes amid the influx of 2,000 federal law enforcement members in the Twin Cities metro area.