A US immigration officer shot and killed a woman in her car during an immigration raid in Minneapolis. The shooting has picked up speed Prohibition in Minnesota City.
Local officials and President Donald Trump’s administration have given differing accounts of what happened in the meantime event.
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Here’s more about the victim and a closer look at what happened Wednesday.
What happened during the Minneapolis ICE shooting?
A federal officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed a woman in her car.
Just after 9:30 a.m. (15:30 GMT), Minneapolis police responded to reports of gunfire, Mayor Jacob Frey said.
Local officials said the woman was working as a legal observer amid protests against US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Legal observers are usually volunteers who attend protests to observe interactions between law enforcement and demonstrators, documenting any conflicts or potential legal violations.
In February, local news reports across the US said that immigration activists formed volunteer groups that patrol their neighborhoods to look for undercover ICE agents and vehicles and send social media warnings to their neighbors about the deployment.
“We have a lot of community responders who are seeing ICE agents, helping families with rent, providing food, watching our neighborhoods, making sure we can keep our neighborhoods safe and making sure immigration enforcement doesn’t separate our families,” Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez told local media.
Videos of Wednesday’s incident show a masked ICE agent firing three shots at an SUV. The car is then seen losing control and ramming into other parked cars.
Several angles of the videos filmed by various viewers went viral on the internet. Onlookers were horrified, shouting, “Shame!” to the agent and asks him to stop.
In some images and videos, the woman’s bloodied body is seen slumped in an SUV.
The victim was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she died from her injuries, according to Frey.
The incident took place during a protest against the ICE immigration crackdown in South Minneapolis.
Who was Renee Nicole Good, the victim’s name?
The Minneapolis City Council, the city’s primary legislative body, identified the victim as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
In a joint statement, Council President Elliot Payne and council members wrote: “Renee was a resident of our city who was caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken at the hands of the federal government today. Anyone who murders anyone in our city deserves to be arrested, investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
In a statement, ICE demanded that Minneapolis leave.
Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minnesota Star Tribune newspaper that Good died a short distance from her home. “She was probably scared,” Ganger said.
Ganger denied that her daughter was part of the protest against ICE.
“She was extremely kind. She cared about people all her life. She was kind, forgiving and loving. She was a wonderful human being.”
The Star Tribune also cited Good’s father-in-law, who said she had a six-year-old child with his son, Timmy Ray McLean Jr. McLean died in 2023 at the age of 36.
The newspaper reported that Goode had two other children.
She studied creative writing at Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia. A brief bio in the English department, which calls her Renee McLean, describes her as a Colorado Springs, Colorado, native who hosts a podcast with her husband, Tim McLean, and says that when she’s not focused on writing, she enjoys movie marathons and making “messy art.”
What did Trump say about the shooting?
In a post on his Truth social platform on Wednesday, Trump said: “The woman driving the car was very disorderly, disruptive and resistant, who then violently, deliberately and viciously ran over an ICE officer, who apparently shot her in self-defense.”
He added that the reason “these incidents” are happening is because “the radical left is threatening, attacking and targeting our law enforcement officers and ICE agents every day.”
It’s unclear from the footage whether Good tried to run over the agent. The footage shows her car reversing. As the car moves forward, an agent is seen jumping forward. However, it was not clear what he was trying to do with her car.
What have other Trump administration officials said?
Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told a news conference that “any loss of life is a tragedy” but that Goode had been “stalking and obstructing (ICE’s) work all day long”.
“She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle,” Noem said.
DHS runs ICE, and last summer, it launched a major recruitment drive to hire 10,000 more ICE agents on top of the existing force of about 6,000.
At X, DHS wrote that an ICE agent fired “defensive shots” at Goode after he tried to run over the agent.
“An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement officers, and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots,” calling the incident an “act of domestic terrorism.”
“I want every ICE officer to know that their president, vice president and the entire administration stand by them,” Vice President JD Vance wrote on X.
“To the extremists who attack them, dox them and threaten them: Congratulations, we’re going to work even harder to enforce the law.”
How have local authorities responded?
Officials in Minnesota have disputed the Republican Trump administration’s accounts of the firing.
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz reposted the DHS X post on Wednesday, saying: “I have seen the video. Don’t believe this propaganda machine. The state will ensure a full, fair and swift investigation to ensure accountability and justice.”
Frey issued a statement condemning ICE’s actions.
“ICE – get the f*** out of Minneapolis,” Frey said at a press conference Wednesday. “We don’t want you here. Your purpose in being in this city is to create some kind of security, but you’re doing the opposite.”
“People are being hurt, families are being torn apart, long-time Minneapolis residents who have contributed so much to our city, our culture, our economy have been terrorized and now, someone is dead. It’s up to you. It’s up to you to let it go. It’s up to you to make sure there’s no further damage, no more loss of life and injury.”
What is the Trump administration’s justification for the ICE raids in Minneapolis?
On Tuesday, the Trump administration ramped up immigration operations in Minneapolis. In an X post, ICE announced plans to deploy 2,000 additional agents to the North Midwestern city.
“100% possibility of ICE in the Twin Cities – our largest operation to date,” the post said.
DHS launched Operation Metro Surge in December, which includes Minneapolis. The Trump administration said the operation was aimed at rooting out criminals and undocumented immigrants.
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons told local news media that ICE is “heading to Minneapolis to root out fraud, arrest criminals and remove criminal illegal aliens”.
Minnesota has a population of more than 5 million, and as of 2023, the number of undocumented immigrants in the state is 100,000, according to data from the Migration Policy Institute.
Republicans have made disparaging remarks specifically targeting the state’s Somali population.
Trump administration last month frozen Childcare payments to the state in response to allegations by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley, who claimed that daycare centers run by Somali Americans in the city of Minneapolis defrauded the city of up to $100 million.
Where did ICE lead anti-immigration raids under Trump?
In September, ICE launched Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Illinois, to arrest undocumented immigrants in the city. It’s ongoing.
Last month ICE raided Columbus, Ohio, which also has a large Somali population. In late November, ICE agents were deployed to New Orleans, Louisiana. Similar raids were carried out in Charlotte, North Carolina, that same month.
Since Trump took office in January 2025, ICE raids have been conducted in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Miami, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Washington, DC.