Minneapolis shooting: Who was Renee Nicole Good, woman shot dead by ICE officer in US?

The fatal shooting of 37-year-old woman Renee Nicole Good by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis has sparked widespread protests in the country. Thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis to protest the shooting, prompting the deployment of about 2,000 federal officers across Minneapolis and Saint Paul.

Government officials narrated different accounts of the shooting, in which an unidentified officer killed US citizen Renee Nicole Good in her car on Wednesday while immigration officers were carrying out what federal officials have called the “largest DHS operation ever” by the Department of Homeland Security.

Federal officials were quoted by The New York Times that an ICE agent shot and killed Good in self-defence, and they accused her of trying to use her vehicle to run over law enforcement officers. However, local officials have objected to the allegation.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, both Democrats, objected the federal government’s account and slammed US President Donald Trump for what they called an unnecessary provocation ​by deploying federal law enforcement. “It was not ‘domestic terrorism.’ It was state sanctioned violence. A family will forever ‌live with the pain caused by the admin’s reckless and deadly actions,” Democratic U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American representing Minneapolis and a frequent target of Trump’s political barbs, said on X.

Renee Nicole Good, killed by a federal agent, was known as a compassionate, giving person. Remarking about Good, State Representative Leigh Finke of St. Paul, Minnesota, who paid tribute to her, said Good was “a loved and celebrated community member, who has now been stripped away from her family.”

The cherished Minnesotan lived in Minneapolis with her partner, and the couple had a 6-year-old child.

Donna Ganger, the deceased woman’s mother, told The Star Tribune that her daughter “was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” adding that she was “loving, forgiving and affectionate.” Speaking about her killing, Ganger said, “That’s so stupid” and added that “she was probably terrified.”

Commenting on protesters challenging ICE agents, Ganger said her daughter is “not part of anything like that at all.” “Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “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.”

Good was earlier married to Timmy Ray Macklin Jr, who passed away in 2023 at the age of 36. His father, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr, was shocked to hear the news of her death and speaking about her son, he said, “There’s nobody else in his life.” He added, “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.” Macklin added that Good had two other kids who he assumed lived with her extended family.

She pursued creative writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk in 2020.

A clip of the incident showed masked officers approaching Good’s car, which was halted at an unusual angle on a Minneapolis street. The car then retracts and pulls away, briefly moving in the direction of the officer who opened fire at close range. The clip did not appear to show contact or any sign that the officer was wounded, though Trump’s DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, said he was treated at a hospital and released, while Trump said on social media the woman “ran over the ICE officer.

The video did not appear to show contact or any sign that the officer was wounded, though Noem said he was treated at a hospital and released, while Trump said on social media the woman “ran over the ICE Officer.”