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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a woman who she said had been stalking and impeding federal agents earlier in the day. Speaking at a news conference, Noem said ICE officers repeatedly ordered the woman, identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37, to exit her vehicle and stop obstructing law enforcement.
She refused to comply, Noem said, adding that the Department of Homeland Security is treating the incident as an act of domestic terrorism.
Video from the scene shows Good’s car stopped in the middle of a residential street as ICE agents exited a dark gray Nissan Titan and approached her Honda Pilot. In the video, agents can be heard instructing her to get out of the vehicle. Good can be heard telling agents to “Go around.”
Moments later she appeared to ‘gun’ her engine and move forward. Video appears to show her vehicle striking the agent who then fired at her.
Noem said Good tried to “weaponize her vehicle” and “attempted to run a law enforcement officer over.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated that Good was shot in the head and strongly dismissed the agency’s claims of self-defense, calling them “bull****.”
“I have a message for ICE. To ICE: Get the f*** out of Minneapolis,” Frey said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. “We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite.
“People are being hurt. Families are being ripped apart. Long-term Minneapolis residents that have contributed so greatly to our city, to our culture, to our economy are being terrorized. Now, somebody is dead. That’s on you, and it’s also on you to leave. It’s on you to make sure that further damage, further loss of life and injury is not done,” he further claimed.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mentioned that he had reviewed the video and urged the public not to believe what he referred to as the DHS’s “propaganda machine” regarding the shooting.
“The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice,” Walz said.
“My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning. We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm,” he added.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, alongside the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is leading the investigation into the shooting.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said ICE is “accountable to no one” and demanded the agency be “reined in.”
“We just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood,” she claimed, without noting that Good hit the agent with her vehicle.
Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, defended the actions of the agent and federal law enforcers in general, especially immigration officers.
“To the radicals assaulting them, doxxing them, and threatening them: congratulations, we’re going to work even harder to enforce the law,” Vance wrote on X.
DHS under President Donald Trump has repeatedly attributed a rise in violence against federal agents to sanctuary policies and the Democratic officials who support them. Democrats and immigration advocates counter that immigrants, regardless of legal status, are entitled to humane treatment and that protesters have a right to express their views peacefully.
That said, it is against the law to impede federal agents in the course of performing their duties. And the administration argues that includes immigration officers performing removal operations of individuals who are in the country illegally.
