An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in south Minneapolis during a Jan. 7 immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
The woman, identified by The Minnesota Star Tribune as Renee Nicole Good, 37 was a U.S. citizen driving a maroon SUV. Good was not a target of the immigration operation, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, NBC reported.
Her mother, Donna Ganger, told the Star Tribune that her daughter “was probably terrified” and that she was “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to protests against ICE.
Video footage and eyewitness accounts show ICE officers approaching the vehicle, attempting to open the door, and ordering her to exit it before she reversed the SUV and then drove forward toward the agent. An officer who had been standing in front of the vehicle moved aside and fired three shots through the window, after which the vehicle crashed into a parked car and a light pole. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the driver “weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them.”
Several posts responding to McLaughlin went viral among critics of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, while supporters shared different video camera angles and argued the shooting was justified. The debate remains heated as investigations continue.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem echoed McLaughlin, stating that the officer “used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers.”
President Donald Trump on TruthSocial called the video “a horrible thing to watch.” He described the woman as “disorderly, obstructing and resisting,” claiming she “viciously ran over the ICE officer,” who shot in self-defense. Trump blamed “the Radical Left” for targeting law enforcement.
Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey strongly disagreed with McLaughlin’s claims, calling the self-defense narrative “b*****it” and “garbage” after reviewing video evidence that he said showed a reckless use of force instead.
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