Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that a woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer had been “stalking and impeding” federal agents throughout the day before the fatal encounter.
Speaking at a press conference, Noem said ICE officers repeatedly ordered the woman, identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37, to get out of her vehicle and stop “obstructing” law enforcement. She refused to comply, Noem said.
The Department of Homeland Security is treating the incident as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
Video from the scene showed Good’s car stopped in the middle of a residential street as ICE agents exited a dark gray Nissan Titan and approached her vehicle. The agents walked toward Good’s Honda Pilot and instructed her to “get out of the car.”
Good can be heard telling the agents to “go around.”
Moments later, authorities said, she abruptly shifted into reverse and attempted to flee. She was shot as the vehicle moved backward.
Noem said Good tried to “weaponize her vehicle” and “attempted to run a law enforcement officer over.”
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Good was shot in the head and sharply rejected the agency’s account, calling its self-defense claims “bulls—.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he had reviewed the video and urged the public not to believe what he called the DHS’ “propaganda machine” surrounding the shooting.
“The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice,” Walz said.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are jointly leading the investigation into the shooting.
Good was a U.S. citizen, and her death has further inflamed political tensions in Washington, where lawmakers are already locked in bitter fights over the Trump administration’s immigration policies and ICE enforcement operations.
Earlier this week, DHS announced it had deployed 2,000 law enforcement officers to the Twin Cities as part of an operation targeting “fraudsters, murderers, rapists, and gang members.”
The shooting drew swift condemnation from progressive lawmakers. 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 pushed back on the criticism, saying ICE agents have the full support of the Trump administration.
“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.
