At a Glance
- Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot four times by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7 after dropping her 6-year-old at school
- A Minneapolis Fire Department report says she was unresponsive with gunshot wounds to her chest, forearm, and head
- Witnesses told 911 she was shot “’cause she wouldn’t open her car door”
- Why it matters: The shooting has sparked protests and a civil rights investigation led by the same law firm that represented George Floyd’s family
A 37-year-old mother of three was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on the morning of January 7, moments after dropping her young child at school, according to a fire department incident report obtained by News Of Los Angeles.
Renee Nicole Good was found unresponsive in her Honda Pilot with four apparent gunshot wounds, the report states. Blood covered her face and torso. She had been driving with her partner, Becca Good, when they encountered a group of federal agents conducting a sweeping immigration operation in the neighborhood.
What the Fire Department Report Shows
The Minneapolis Fire Department responded to the scene at 9:42 a.m. and documented the following injuries:
- Two apparent gunshot wounds to her right chest
- One apparent gunshot wound on her left forearm
- A possible gunshot wound “with protruding tissue” on the left side of her head
- Blood coming from her left ear
Good was “unresponsive, not breathing, with inconsistent, irregular, thready pulse activity,” the report says. After the shooting, she was moved to a snowbank and then the sidewalk “for a more workable scene, better access for ambulances, and separation from an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders.”
Paramedics performed CPR at the scene, in the ambulance, and at Hennepin County Medical Center. Efforts were discontinued at 10:30 a.m.
911 Calls Describe the Shooting
Multiple 911 callers offered similar accounts. One caller said agents shot Good “’cause she wouldn’t open her car door.”
Another told dispatchers: “I saw … an ICE officer fired two shots through her windshield into the driver. She tried to drive away but crashed into the nearest vehicle that was parked. Um, her partner was out of the vehicle, ran to help. Um, I … a vehicle as well and I saw blood all over the driver and then the partner who was trying to provide assistance.”
Who Fired the Shots
The agent who shot Good was identified as Jonathan Ross. He joined ICE in 2015 and was serving last year as a firearms instructor and member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Good and her partner had taken a detour after the school drop-off because they saw federal agents in the area and wanted to observe, according to a statement released by attorneys representing the family.
Witness Lynette Reini-Grandell recalled hearing “three pops of the gun” and then people screaming, “You killed her!”
Family Response and Legal Action
On January 14, the Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin announced it is representing Good’s partner, parents, and siblings. The same firm previously represented George Floyd’s family.
Attorneys described the forthcoming effort as a “civil investigation” into the shooting. Founding partner Antonio Romanucci said people “want to know what could and should have been done to let Renee live and pick her child up safely from school that afternoon.”
Good’s Family Life
Good shared her 6-year-old son with late ex-husband Timmy Macklin Jr., who died in 2023 at age 36. She also had two older children-a 12-year-old daughter and a 15-year-old son-from her first marriage.
The family had moved to Minneapolis from Kansas City, Missouri, the previous year, according to Good’s ex-husband, who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Community Reaction
The shooting occurred amid a large-scale ICE operation that had already drawn protesters to the streets. By the morning of January 7, thousands of armed federal agents were conducting operations across Minneapolis, prompting widespread demonstrations.
Tributes and flowers have since been left at the site where Good was shot.
