A close examination of the shooting of Renee Good
January 10
2026
Summary:
The episode reconstructs the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis using multiple bystander videos, mapping where people and vehicles were positioned and the sequence leading up to the shots. It contrasts official claims from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump that the agent acted in self-defense after being rammed with what the videos appear to show, including Good maneuvering her SUV away as the agent circles the vehicle and then fires as she pulls forward. It also covers the chaotic aftermath at the crash site, including agents restricting bystanders’ access and leaving the scene in unmarked vehicles.
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The Star Tribune
On Wednesday, January 7th, an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good.
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Bystander videos of the event have become key for those seeking to understand and interpret what happened.
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The Minnesota Star Tribune analyzed five videos taken from different locations on Portland Avenue to interpret key moments and approximate locations of the people, vehicles, and events surrounding the fatal shooting of Renee Good.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and President Donald Trump say the agent was acting in self-defense and that these vehicle ramings are domestic acts of terrorism.
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But bystander video contradicts Trump's assertion that Good ran over the officer.
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Good's Honda Pilot can be seen blocking a lane on Portland Avenue, a one-way street in Minneapolis's central neighborhood.
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Good, who lived nearby, stopped her SUV perpendicular to traffic.
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Phone video apparently taken by Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who later shoots Good, shows him exiting an SUV parked south of Good.
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The video was shared with Minnesota-based conservative media outlet Alpha News.
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He walks around her SUV counterclockwise.
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That's fine, dude.
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I'm not mad.
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It's fine.
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While Ross is circling Good's SUV, we see Good wave a vehicle by through the open driver's side window.
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She appears to keep waving at a truck which parks closely, perpendicular to Good's SUV.
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This is Becca Good.
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Sources close to the investigation confirmed Becca is Renee Good's wife.
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as ross walks around the suv he encounters becca and becca and ross appear to be filming each other with their phones two ice agents exit this truck the one that parked north of goods suv at the same time ross rounds the front passenger side of goods suv and becca good tries to open that door the two agents approach the suv and order renee good to get out of the vehicle
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One agent attempts unsuccessfully to open Good's door.
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Good reverses her SUV and Ross is now seen near the front driver's side.
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In Ross's phone video, you can hear Becca Good say, drive baby drive.
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And we see Renee Good turn her steering wheel to her right, turning the wheels away from Ross.
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As Renee Good drives forward and to her right, we see Ross pull out his gun and fire the first shot.
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it appears to hit the bottom corner of the driver's side windshield.
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Ross fires twice more, apparently into the open driver's side window as Renee Good pulls away.
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This perspective from down the block shows the other side of the vehicle.
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The video is grainy and the obstruction in the other angle
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makes it hard to tell if Ross steps back or is pushed by the vehicle or both.
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Neither video suggests Good ran him over, as Trump has said.
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Ross's phone camera jerks but doesn't show what happened.
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When Ross's camera refocuses, it's facing south as Good's SUV continues to move forward down the block and rear ends a parked car.
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Bystanders and ICE agents, including Ross, move toward the crash and Ross is heard saying call 911 as he walks back toward the unmarked ICE vehicles.
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This is the last clear visual of Ross from the scene.
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Multiple ICE agents leave the scene in the unmarked SUV that Ross arrived in.
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it isn't clear if Ross was among them.
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Agents prevent bystanders from approaching Good's crashed SUV, including one who identifies himself as a physician.