How it unfolded in Minneapolis
The woman who was killed was shot in her SUV in a residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the spot where police killed George Floyd in 2020, the Associated Press reported.
Videos taken by bystanders and posted online show an ICE officer approaching a vehicle stopped in the middle of the road and demanding the driver open the door while grabbing the handle. A different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle then drew his gun and immediately fired at least two shots at close range, the AP said. The officer jumped back as the vehicle moved toward him.
It was not clear from the videos whether the officer was struck by the SUV, the AP reported. The SUV sped into two cars parked on a curb before stopping. The AP also said it was not clear what happened in the lead-up to the shooting.
What federal officials said happened
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the SUV was part of a group of protesters that had been harassing agents and “impeding operations” that morning. She said agents had freed one of their vehicles stuck in snow and were leaving the area when the confrontation and shooting occurred.
The AP reported that no video had emerged to corroborate Noem’s account. Bystander video from the scene showed a sobbing woman who said the person shot was her wife, but the AP said the woman had not spoken publicly to give her version of events.
Noem said Thursday that there would be a federal investigation into the shooting, and again called the woman’s actions “domestic terrorism.” In comments quoted by the AP, Noem said: “This vehicle was used to hit this officer. It was used as a weapon, and the officer feels as though his life was in jeopardy.”
Identity and timeline of the victim
The AP reported that the victim, Renee Good, died of gunshot wounds to the head. The AP said Good, a U.S. citizen born in Colorado, described herself on social media as a “poet and writer and wife and mom.”
Good’s ex-husband told the AP that Good had just dropped off her 6-year-old son at school Wednesday and was driving home when she encountered ICE agents on a residential street. He said Good and her current partner moved to Minneapolis last year from Kansas City, Missouri.
The AP said Good’s killing was at least the fifth death connected to the aggressive U.S. immigration crackdown launched by the Trump administration last year.
Local officials weigh in
The AP reported that Vice President JD Vance said the shooting was justified and referred to Good’s death as “a tragedy of her own making.” Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, describing the shooting to reporters Wednesday, gave no indication the driver was trying to harm anyone, the AP said.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he watched videos that showed the shooting was avoidable, according to the AP.
Officer background and a prior incident
The AP reported that the officer who shot Good was an Iraq War veteran who had served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, based on records the AP said it obtained. Federal officials had not named the officer, the AP reported, but Noem said he was dragged by a vehicle in June.
The AP said a department spokesperson confirmed Noem was referring to a Bloomington, Minnesota case, in which documents identified the injured officer as Jonathan Ross. Court documents cited by the AP said Ross got his arm stuck in the window as a driver fled an arrest, and that Ross was dragged 100 yards (91 meters) and required 50 stitches.
Portland shooting also linked to federal agents
In Portland, Oregon, the AP reported that officers initially responded to a report of a shooting outside a hospital Thursday afternoon. Minutes later, police heard that a man who had been shot was asking for help in a residential area a couple of miles away, where officers found a man and a woman with gunshot wounds, the AP said.
Police determined the two were wounded in a shooting with federal agents, the AP reported. Police Chief Bob Day said the FBI was leading the investigation and he had no details about events that led to the shooting, the AP said.
The AP reported that the Department of Homeland Security said the vehicle’s passenger was “a Venezuelan illegal alien affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring” and that an agent fired in self-defense after agents identified themselves to the occupants during a “targeted vehicle stop” and the driver tried to run them over.
The AP said there was no immediate independent corroboration of that account or any gang affiliation of the vehicle’s occupants, and noted that federal and state-linked officials have blamed Tren de Aragua in other cases.
Dispute over who can investigate
The AP reported that Minnesota officials disputed whether the state was being given access to evidence and whether it could investigate alongside federal authorities. Drew Evans, head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said federal authorities had denied the state agency access to evidence in the Good case, barring the state from investigating the shooting alongside the FBI.
Gov. Tim Walz demanded that state investigators be given a role, saying residents would otherwise have difficulty accepting the findings of federal law enforcement. Walz said, “And I say that only because people in positions of power have already passed judgment from the president to the vice president to Kristi Noem,” according to the AP.
Noem denied Minnesota authorities were being shut out, saying: “They don’t have any jurisdiction in this investigation,” the AP reported.
Protests and response
The AP reported that dozens of protesters gathered Thursday morning outside a Minneapolis federal building used as a base for the immigration crackdown. The AP said Border Patrol officers fired tear gas and doused demonstrators with pepper spray to push them back from the gate, and that area schools were closed as a safety precaution.
The AP reported protests were also planned across the U.S. in cities including New York, New Orleans and Seattle.