ICE Agent Shoots and Kills Minneapolis Woman as Leaders Clash Over What Happened

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — A 37-year-old woman identified as Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed in Minneapolis during an encounter involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, prompting sharply different public accounts from local and state leaders and President Donald Trump as questions persisted about what happened and whether medical aid was delayed. Details about the timing and exact location were not immediately available. Officials also did not publicly specify why ICE agents were in the area, and authorities had not released an official account of the events described in witness statements and political remarks circulating online. In a video interview with a local NBC reporter, a nearby resident identified as Kassy described hearing honking and yelling while leaving to get groceries. She said she ran down an alley toward the commotion, heard two gunshots and then a loud crash. “So when I was leaving this morning to go get. To go get, um, groceries, as I was leaving, I heard honking and a lot of honking, and I got a lot of yelling. I live in the other side of this alleyway over here, so I ran down the alley. As soon as I got to the end of the alley, I heard two gunshots and. And a car crash, a really hard car crash. And then I heard yelling. And as I'm driving by, it was a red truck and nothing but the airbags. Airbags and full of blood. And there was a body on the. On the streets. It was a woman. That's what happened. That's what I can tell you what I saw,” she said. Separate claims circulated that a doctor at the scene attempted to render aid but was prevented from reaching the woman, and that an ambulance arriving roughly 15 minutes later was blocked by ICE vehicles. Those allegations have not been confirmed by city, state or federal officials, and details were not immediately available. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the federal presence and rejected the self-defense framing offered by Trump. “We've dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ICE presence in Minneapolis. Not only is this a concern that we've had internally, we've been talking about it. They are not here to cause safety in this city. What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust. They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly that is this was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying. To ICE. Get the fuck out of Minneapolis. We do not want you here,” Frey said. Frey urged residents to demonstrate peacefully. “Let's show up with peace. To march, to protest, to hug one another, to love. All the way with peace. Do not give them what they want,” he said. Gov. Tim Walz also criticized the federal deployment and called the death preventable. “This happened a couple of hours ago, and we're. We're already pitting American against American. All of you saw a video. In your eyes, we have a chaotic situation caused by the largest deployment in American history of federal agents into a community with no communication to locals. We had a chaotic situation where an individual is in their car, shot and killed,” Walz said. Trump, posting on Truth Social, described the incident as self-defense and claimed the driver ran over an ICE officer, who was hospitalized. “I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense,” Trump wrote. Trump added that the officer “is now recovering in the hospital” and said the situation was being studied. Authorities had not confirmed whether an officer was struck by a vehicle, whether Good was suspected of any offense, or what circumstances immediately preceded the shooting. Officials also had not clarified whether medical care was delayed or obstructed at the scene. -------------------- At Cleveland 13 News, we strive to provide accurate, up-to-date, and reliable reporting. If you spot an error, omission, or have information that may need updating, please email us at tips@cleveland13news.com. As a community-driven news network, we appreciate the help of our readers in ensuring the integrity of our reporting.