The woman gunned down by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has been identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who described herself as a mother, a wife and a poet.
Good was identified by her mom hours after she was shot and killed when she clipped an ICE agent with her car during a protest against the federal agents, the Star Tribune reported.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother, Donna Ganger, told the newspaper.
Good lived in the Twin Cities with her partner, according to her mother, Donna Ganger.Instagram/@renee.n.good
Renee Nicole Good died at 37.
Video appeared to show her Honda Pilot making contact with an ICE agent as he opened fire. President Trump and other officials have said Good’s killing was justified as the officer was acting in self-defense.
Her mom added: “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.”
“She was probably terrified,” Ganger added, saying the circumstances of the death were “so stupid.”
Good was the mom of a 6-year-old boy and had recently moved to the neighborhood with her wife and son, according to her distraught spouse and a neighbor who spoke to the Tribune. She was killed just blocks from her home, the outlet reported.
Her young son was left an orphan by the shooting, according to his shaken grandfather.
The child’s father, a comedian to whom Good was previously married, died in 2023, also at age 37.
“There’s nobody else in his life,” the boy’s paternal grandfather told the local publication, adding he’d do whatever it takes “to come and get my grandchild.”
In addition to being a mom, Good was a “writer and poet” who graduated from Old Dominion University, where she studied creative writing. She was originally from Colorado Springs.
An ICE agent approaching the vehicle moments before the shooting.
“Wife and mom and sh–ty guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis,” read her Instagram bio, which was accompanied by a Pride flag and she/her pronouns.
She was killed in a middle-class neighborhood in south Minneapolis where ICE agents were carrying out an immigration operation Wednesday.
Good recently moved to the neighborhood with her partner and lived just a few blocks from where she was fatally shot, the outlet reported.
The ICE agent fires shots as the car drives forward.
An alternate angle of the shooting in Minneapolis.
Mary Radford, 27, lives next door to Good and told the outlet that she always had “wonderful conversations” with the “beautiful family,” even though they were still relatively new to the community.
“We’re going to miss them — forever. It is so painful to think about how [Good’s son] is gonna fare in his life. And I just can’t even imagine what the family is going through,” Radford told the outlet.
“I wish I could have known her more,” she added.
Good was among several people who allegedly blocked the street with their vehicles to prevent the agents from moving, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Agents got out of their blocked truck and ordered the woman to move her SUV, at which point she sped toward one of the officers, pushing him with her vehicle, feds alleged. As he spun toward the driver’s window, he fired three shots into the car, footage from numerous angles shows.
The scene of the shooting after the Honda Pilot crashed.
Blood seen on an airbag inside Good’s car.
At least three bullets were fired in the altercation. The victim was shot in the head and declared dead.
Good receiving medical attention from first responders after the shooting.
She was shot at least once in the head, and later pronounced dead at the hospital.
The Department of Homeland Security called her a domestic terrorist who attempted to kill federal agents.
“One of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism,” DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X.
Good’s mother, however, was baffled by the idea of her being involved in an ICE protest, saying she was “not part of anything like that at all.”
Her SUV swiftly crashed into a row of parked cars as onlookers screamed in horror.
Footage taken near the scene appeared to show a distraught woman who identified herself as Good’s wife — who sobbed as she said the shooting was “her fault” and that she had a young child at school.
“They shot her in the head. I have a 6-year-old in school,” she appeared to say, telling a bystander that they were new to the area and she didn’t know whom to call.
“I made her come down here, it’s my fault,” she said. “They just shot my wife.”
Protesters near the scene of the shooting.via REUTERS
A protest against ICE near the scene of the fatal shooting.Getty Images
A protester receiving assistance after being pepper-sprayed by law enforcement officers.
People placing flowers in the snow near the scene of the shooting.Getty Images
“Why did you have real bullets? She was yelling!” the woman then appeared to scream at the nearby federal agents, who did not appear to pay attention to her.
The woman’s face appeared to be covered in blood, and she apparently had gone into the car and attempted to help Good, the witness filming the video said.
Local leaders did not hide their outrage over the killing as the footage began to spread.
“To ICE, get the f—k out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said during a fiery press conference after the shooting.
“Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite,” he scoffed.
Gov. Tim Walz called the DHS’ explanation of the shooting “propaganda.”
“I’ve seen the video. Don’t believe this propaganda machine,” Walz wrote on X. “The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice.”
The shooting came as the DHS was engaged in an enormous immigration operation in Minnesota, partially spurred by allegations of multibillion-dollar federal fraud schemes allegedly carried out largely by illegal immigrants.
