The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman during a confrontation between federal officers and protesters in south Minneapolis.
The woman was identified by her mother as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good according to Minnesota Star Tribune.
Multiple videos have emerged showing an agent standing directly in front of a vehicle when the driver accelerated forward. The officer then fired multiple shots, causing the vehicle to crash into a nearby parked car.
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said ICE officers “were conducting targeted operations” when people in the area began attempting to block federal vehicles. She said an ICE agent “fired defensive shots” after Good attempted “to run over” agents.
According to DHS officials, the ICE officer fired because the woman’s SUV allegedly attempted to ram agents, an action DHS Secretary Kristi Noem described as an “act of domestic terrorism.” Federal authorities contend the agent shot in self-defense as the vehicle moved toward officers.
Residents who witnessed the incident said officers were shouting commands for the woman to exit the vehicle. Additional video circulating on social media appears to show agents surrounding the car as it backed up and then moved forward, with at least one agent firing multiple shots.
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BREAKING: New angle of the moment an ICE officer fired shots at a driver in Minneapolis.
The footage appears to show the agent being struck by the car before the shots were fired.
The woman, 37, is deceased.
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At a heated City Hall news conference, Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey sharply criticized ICE, calling on the agency to “get the f*ck out.”
“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,” the mayor said. “They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets, and in this case, quite literally killing people.”
Following the shooting, both Gov. Tim Walz and Frey called for calm.
“To the family, I’m so deeply sorry,” Frey said, while also disputing the Department of Homeland Security’s account of what happened.
The Minneapolis Police Department has since pulled back after a large mob of rioters gathered around the scene. Police had been guarding the scene of the shooting at the intersection of East 34th Street and Portland Avenue in South Minneapolis. The shooting occurred roughly a mile from the site of George Floyd’s death in 2020.
The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time, when federal agents were conducting immigration enforcement operations in the area.
