Video Emerges of Minneapolis Shooting: ICE Agent Bodycam Shows Moments Before Renee Nicole Good Was Fatally Shot

Newly released video footage from a federal immigration agent’s perspective is shedding light on the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis mother of three who was killed during a confrontation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Federal authorities on Friday released the 47-second cellphone video, filmed by ICE agent Johnathan “Jon” Ross, 40, who opened fire during the encounter. The footage shows the tense moments leading up to the shooting and has intensified a nationwide debate over whether the agent acted in self-defense.

The video was released two days after Good, 37, was shot and killed during an ICE enforcement operation in a residential Minneapolis neighborhood. Authorities allege that Good drove her vehicle toward officers, prompting the agent to fire. Local officials and civil rights advocates dispute that account.

What the Video Shows

The footage, first obtained by Minnesota-based outlet Alpha News, begins with the ICE agent exiting his vehicle and filming Good seated behind the wheel of her maroon Honda Pilot, which appears to be stopped in the middle of a residential street. A dog can be seen in the back seat.

“That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you,” Good is heard saying calmly as the agent approaches.

Another woman — identified as Good’s wife, Rebecca Good — is seen standing nearby filming the interaction on her cellphone. She can be heard taunting agents, questioning their authority, and telling one officer, “You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy.”

At one point, an ICE agent orders Renee Good to get out of the vehicle using an expletive. The agent filming the video moves in front of Good’s SUV as she reverses slightly. Moments later, the vehicle turns and moves forward in his direction.

“Woah, woah!” a voice is heard shouting as gunshots ring out. The camera jerks upward toward the sky.

The video ends with Good’s vehicle veering down the street before crashing into a parked car approximately 100 feet away. She was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.

Conflicting Claims and Political Fallout

Vice President JD Vance reposted the video on social media, defending the ICE agent’s actions and stating that the agent fired in self-defense. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed that claim, accusing media outlets of unfairly portraying the agent, whom she said “properly defended himself from being run over.”

However, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) strongly disputed those assertions. Writing in The New York Times, Frey said President Donald Trump’s claim that Good “ran over” the agent was false.

“I’ve watched multiple videos from multiple perspectives,” Frey wrote. “It seems clear that Good was trying to leave the scene, not attack an agent.”

Despite federal claims that the agent was injured, video footage shows him walking away unimpeded immediately after the shooting.

The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the incident.

Rebecca Good Speaks Out

Rebecca Good has publicly defended her wife, saying they intentionally stopped near the ICE operation to support neighbors who they believed were being targeted.

“We had whistles. They had guns,” she said in a statement released Friday.
“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors.”

She described Renee Good as compassionate and driven by kindness.

“Kindness radiated out of her,” Rebecca said. “We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion.”

Video footage shows Rebecca visibly distraught after the shooting, repeatedly saying, “It’s my fault,” as she rushed toward the SUV.

Background and Ongoing Debate

Federal officials allege that Renee and Rebecca Good had been following and harassing ICE agents earlier that day. Homeland Security sources told Fox News that Renee Good was affiliated with ICE Watch, a Minneapolis-based activist network that monitors and interferes with immigration enforcement operations in sanctuary cities.

Good reportedly became involved with ICE Watch after enrolling her child in a progressive charter school in Minneapolis and participating in what some activists referred to as “ICE Watch Warrior” missions.

Authorities have labeled the incident an act of domestic extremism, a claim rejected by Democratic leaders and civil rights groups. Debate continues over whether the shooting was justified and whether the agent’s life was truly in danger.

The agent involved had previously been injured in a separate vehicular incident last year, officials said, leaving him “scarred” — a detail now central to the self-defense argument.

As protests spread and scrutiny intensifies, the release of the bodycam-style video has done little to settle the controversy, instead deepening divisions over ICE enforcement, activist resistance, and the use of lethal force.