Nearly a week after 37‑year‑old Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, heartbreaking new details are emerging about her final morning — and the fact that she wasn’t alone when her life was cut short.
New cellphone video
On a snowy Wednesday morning in Minneapolis, Renee Nicole Good, 37, was driving home after dropping off her six-year-old son at school.
She wasn’t alone — her current partner rode with her during what should have been a routine trip. But just a few blocks from their home, the ordinary morning took a horrifying turn when they crossed paths with a group of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
According to her ex-husband, who asked to remain anonymous to protect the couple’s children, what began as a normal morning quickly escalated into tragedy, culminating in the fatal shooting of Good.
A new cellphone video released Friday by Donald Trump’s White House showed Renee Nicole Good speaking calmly just seconds before she was fatally shot by an on-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis.
In the footage, Good sits in the driver’s seat of her maroon Honda Pilot as a siren blares and an agent approaches. “That’s fine, dude,” she can be heard saying through the open driver’s window. She continues, “I’m not mad at you.”
“You want to come at us?”
The reflection of the masked agent filming the encounter appears on the side of her SUV, while another voice — Good’s wife, Rebecca — calls out: “Hey – show your face, big boy.” Holding her own phone, she adds, “We don’t change our plates every morning, just so you know. It will be the same plate when you come talk to us later.” She also asserts her citizenship: “You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy. Go ahead.”
As Rebecca moved toward the passenger seat, another masked officer approached the driver’s side, yelling: “Get out of the car. Out of the car. Get out of the fucking car. Get out of the car.”
Good briefly backed up and then drove forward while turning to her right.
Her wife encourages her, saying, “Drive, baby, drive.” The agent’s phone suddenly points skyward as he exclaims, “Whoa!” — the moment aligns with videos circulating online that show the officer getting lightly brushed by the moving car but remaining stable.
Immediately after, gunshots ring out while the agent continues holding his phone. A voice is heard saying, “Fucking bitch,” as Good’s SUV speeds briefly into view before a loud crash is heard.
Harrowing words
In the video released Friday, a dog is visible in the back seat of Good’s SUV. Though reportedly unharmed, the sight of the terrified animal only added to the heartbreak of the scene.
In the immediate aftermath, Good’s partner was left devastated.
Covered in blood and overcome with grief, she reportedly cried out, “They shot her in the head. I have a 6-year-old in school. I made her come down here, it’s my fault. They just shot my wife.”
Her harrowing words echoed through the neighborhood, leaving bystanders stunned as the violence claimed a life and shattered a family.
Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, shared heartfelt memories of her daughter beyond the headlines. “Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being,” Ganger said. “She was probably terrified.”
She also emphasized that her daughter was never involved in any protest activity against ICE.
A poet, writer, and devoted mother, Good once described herself on social media as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and [expletive] guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN.” While studying creative writing at Old Dominion University in 2020, she won the undergraduate poetry prize for her piece “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs.”
Her former father-in-law, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., spoke of the heartbreak for her six-year-old son. “There’s nobody else in his life. I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.” He noted that her two other children were living with extended family.
Neighbors and friends painted a picture of Good as a warm, loving presence. Mary Radford, a neighbor, recalled seeing Good play with her young son and Radford’s Australian shepherd, saying, “It’s a beautiful family. They have a son. He’s very sweet. He loves our dog. We’re gonna miss seeing them — forever. I can’t even imagine what that family is going through.”
Megan Kocher, who had recently met Good, remembered being welcomed into her home. “[She] was such a warm and loving mother. This is tragic beyond words,” Kocher wrote on social media.
Widow speaks out
In response to the outpouring of public support, Renee Good’s widow, Becca, shared a heartfelt statement via MPR News about her late wife and the impact of her loss on their children:
“First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family.
“This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.
“Renee sparkled. She literally sparkled. I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time. You might think it was just my love talking but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.
“Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow. Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.”
The deadly incident took place at the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood, where video and witness accounts suggest Good was attempting to drive away when shots were fired. DHS officials claim she “weaponized her vehicle” and tried to run over officers, while bystanders and some local officials dispute that version of events.
Who is Jonathan E. Ross?
The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good has been identified as Jonathan E. Ross, a longtime federal officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Ross is a veteran member of ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Special Response Team, a tactical unit for high‑risk immigration enforcement work.
Ross has spent about a decade with ICE, serving as a deportation officer based in Minnesota and handling fugitive operations. Before joining ICE in 2015, he served in military and law enforcement roles — including deployment during the Iraq War and earlier work with the U.S. Border Patrol — according to court records and federal officials.
Months before the Minneapolis shooting, Ross was seriously injured in a separate incident during an arrest in Bloomington, Minnesota, when a fleeing suspect’s vehicle dragged him along the street after breaking his arm free. He survived the ordeal but required dozens of stitches for his injuries.
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