Renee Nicole Good: Everything We Know About Woman Killed in ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

A United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026, during an operation targeting individuals with deportation orders, according to the BBC report.

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The incident occurred around 10:25 a.m. local time near the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue in the city's south central area.

Renee Nicole Good died at the scene after the agent fired shots into her maroon SUV, which then crashed into a parked car.

Federal officials stated that Renee Nicole Good had blocked the roadway and attempted to drive off when agents approached her vehicle on foot.

The agent who fired the shots sustained injuries after being struck by the vehicle and received treatment at a hospital before discharge.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened a probe into the shooting.

Renee Nicole Good, a Minneapolis resident and mother of three, has an eldest child who is six years old, graduated from Old Dominion University in 2020 with a degree in English, and worked as a poet and writer.

Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known, her mother said:

“She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”

Brian Krassenstein shared this in an X post.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement that ICE officers approached the driver of a vehicle that was "blocking the officers in," and that the woman "had been stalking and impeding their work all throughout the day."

Officers ordered her out of the vehicle.

She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle, and she attempted to run a law enforcement officer over.

This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents, an act of domestic terrorism.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara stated that the driver was in her vehicle and was blocking the roadway on Portland Avenue.

She was then approached on foot by a federal law enforcement officer, "and she began to drive off."

The Department of Homeland Security deployed additional agents to the Twin Cities as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration amid allegations of welfare fraud.

Renee Nicole Good did not appear to be the target of the enforcement activity, but somehow became a victim of ICE.

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A crowd gathered at the site for a candlelight vigil later that day.