“An ICE officer fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow officers and the lives of the public, fired defensive sh0ts, used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers. The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. Thankfully, the ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries.”
A video shared online shows a burgundy SUV surrounded by law enforcement agents. Gun$h0ts are heard before the vehicle crashes into a light pole. A bullet hole is visible in the driver’s side windshield. Two parked cars appear to have been struck.
A witness told the same news outlet that the woman seemed to be fleeing from ICE agents when she was sh0t. The scene quickly filled with law enforcement and shocked neighbors.
Minnesota State Senator Omar Fateh stated on X that he received reports of a doctor being prevented by federal agents from administering lifesaving CPR.
Fateh, along with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, several city council members, and faith leaders, visited the scene shortly after the shooting.
Victim Identified
The woman was later identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Her family confirmed her identity. The Minneapolis City Council issued a public statement mourning her death:
Renee was a resident of our city who was out caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken today at the hands of the federal government. Anyone who k1lls someone in our city deserves to be arrested, investigated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law..”
On Instagram, Good described herself as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, a poet, a writer, a wife, and a mother originally from Colorado. She also described herself as a guitar player.
Her creative work gained recognition in 2020, when she received Old Dominion University’s undergraduate poetry prize for her piece “On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs,” while studying creative writing in Norfolk, Virginia.
In the years that followed, she settled in Minneapolis, where she lived just a few blocks from the site of the fatal shooting.
Family, Neighbors Struggle to Process Sudden Loss
According to the Star Tribune, Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, said the family had been notified of her death late Wednesday morning. After hearing some of the details surrounding the shooting, Ganger expressed disbelief and heartbreak. “That’s so stupid,” she said. “She was probably terrified.”
Ganger also stated that her daughter had no involvement with any protest activity or confrontations with federal agents. She described Good as one of the kindest people she’d ever known.
“She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being,” Ganger explained.
Ganger’s daughter had previously been married to Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., who died in 2023 at the age of 36. The two shared a child, now six years old.
Macklin’s father, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., said he was shocked to learn of Good’s death and expressed concern for his grandson’s future. “There’s nobody else in his life,” he said. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”
In the Powderhorn Park neighborhood, residents mourned alongside friends and family. Neighbors salted the sidewalks to manage the heavy foot traffic from mourners. While many declined to speak about the tragedy, Mary Radford, 27, who lived next door to Good, shared emotional memories of the family.
Radford said she got home around 7 p.m. and found the neighborhood crowded with people who had come to grieve. She spoke warmly of the Good family, describing them as kind and close-knit.
Good’s young son, Radford noted, was especially sweet and loved playing outside. He was particularly fond of her dog, often running over to pet and play with her whenever they passed by.
Though the Goods had moved in only recently, Radford reflected on meaningful conversations and a warm neighborly bond.
“We’re gonna miss seeing them — forever,” Radford said. “It is so painful to think about how he’s gonna fare in his life. And I just can’t even imagine what that family is going through.” Fighting back tears, she added, “I wish I could have known her more.”
The ICE shooting that claimed Good’s life isn’t the only federal operation drawing scrutiny. In a separate incident last year, armed ICE agents carried out a controversial arrest in Massachusetts.
As reported previously, Bruna Caroline Ferreira, a Brazilian-born woman and the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested just outside Boston in a heavily armed ICE takedown on November 12, 2025.
The footage was released weeks later, and as it began circulating online, many netizens questioned whether it was truly about immigration or something far more personal.