Cellphone video footage released Friday shows the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal immigration agent during a confrontation that has intensified political tensions over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
The video was released two days after an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, after authorities say she drove a vehicle toward officers during an encounter on a residential street, Fox News reported.
The footage, taken from an agent’s body camera, shows Good’s Honda Pilot stopped in the middle of the roadway, appearing to block traffic. In the video, Good is heard speaking calmly to one of the agents.
“That’s fine, dude,” she says. “I’m not mad.”
An agent then walks around the vehicle to check the license plate. Moments later, another agent approaches the driver’s side and orders Good to exit the vehicle.
“Get out of the car. Get out of the f—— car,” the agent is heard saying.
Seconds later, Good backs the vehicle up and then drives forward toward the agent wearing the body camera. The agent says “whoa” before multiple gunshots are fired. Good’s vehicle then crashes into a parked car.
Federal officials have said the agent acted in self-defense, asserting that Good used her vehicle as a weapon. The Trump administration has described the incident as an act of domestic terrorism, a characterization rejected by Democratic officials.
Authorities said Good had been following and harassing federal officers earlier in the day. Federal sources told Fox News that she was involved with “ICE Watch,” an immigration activist group that seeks to monitor and interfere with federal enforcement operations. Homeland Security officials said similar groups operate in multiple sanctuary cities nationwide.
The agent who fired the shots was identified by Minnesota-based outlet Alpha News as Jonathan Ross. The outlet published the 47-second clip on Jan. 9 and said it showed Ross’s perspective during the encounter.
Officials said Ross was injured during Wednesday’s incident but did not release detailed medical information. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey minimized the severity of the injuries.
“The ICE agent walked away with a hip injury that he might as well have gotten from closing a refrigerator door with his hips,” Frey told reporters Friday. “Give me a break. No, he was not ran over. He walked out of there with a hop in his step.”
Federal officials countered that Ross had previously been seriously injured in a separate incident last year. Court documents show that in June 2025, Ross was dragged by a vehicle driven by a suspect attempting to flee, resulting in deep cuts to his right arm and left hand.
Vice President JD Vance publicly defended the agent and repeatedly shared the video footage on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Jan. 9. Vance said the agent’s life was endangered and criticized what he described as misleading media coverage.
“Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman,” Vance wrote. “The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense.”
Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman.
The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defense. https://t.co/IfXAAxi9Ql
— JD Vance (@JDVance) January 9, 2026
“This footage corroborates what DHS has stated all along − that this individual was impeding law enforcement and weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill or cause bodily harm to federal law enforcement,” McLaughlin said. “The officer was in fear of his own life, the lives of his fellow officers and acted in self-defense.”
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