DHS says woman fatally shot by ICE agent after alleged car ramming: 'Act of terrorism'
A woman was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday in what DHS is calling an "act of domestic terrorism." Authorities say she used her car to try to run over federal officers during an enforcement operation.
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AOC calls Minneapolis ICE shooting a 'murder,' urges arrest of agent involved
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., called the fatal shooting Wednesday in Minneapolis a “murder,” while calling for the ICE agent involved in the incident to be arrested.
“This has now turned into what our greatest fear is and has been for a long time around ICE – that this will be used as an anti-civilian force, that it has no accountability,” she told reporters. “At the end of the day, what we saw today is a murder. And murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.”
Ocasio-Cortez said the incident was the “manifestation of every American's worst nightmare,” which she described as “their government turning into a tyranny.”
The New York congresswoman said footage of the incident showed a woman trying to flee the scene.
“I think what we saw was a woman trying to reverse her vehicle and leave a scene,” she said.
Ocasio-Cortez also said due process should unfold to allow investigators to determine what transpired.
The Department of Homeland Security has said ICE agents repeatedly ordered the woman to exit her SUV, which appeared to be blocking the roadway, but that she refused to comply with their commands.
LA Mayor Bass blames Trump policies for fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass blamed a deadly shooting involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday on what she called the “brutal and racist policies of the Trump administration.”
“The senseless killing of an innocent and unarmed wife and mother by ICE agents today in Minneapolis is shocking and tragic and should never have occurred,” Bass, a Democrat, wrote in an X post Thursday. “And it happened because of the brutal and racist policies of the Trump administration that unleashed these agents in Minneapolis to go after a specific population - Somalians.”
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed on Wednesday by an ICE agent after she allegedly accelerated her car toward him during an immigration operation.
“Make no mistake, this new wave of ICE agents descending on American cities is a purposeful campaign of fear and intimidation by the administration meant to distract from Trump’s cruel policies that have tanked the economy and are impacting everyday Americans who can no longer afford basic needs like health care, rent, utilities, medicines, and groceries,” she said.
Bass said that “violence like this does not exist in isolation,” adding that it “undermines public safety and strikes at the very foundation of our democracy.”
“It’s atrocious, it’s dangerous, and it’s un-American,” Bass said.
The Los Angeles mayor said she stands with immigrant communities “against terror, abuse, and dehumanization,” and in solidarity with the people of Minneapolis.
Colorado Gov. Polis calls for full investigation after woman killed in Minneapolis ICE operation
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis called for a full investigation into the death of a woman fatally shot Wednesday during an ICE operation in Minneapolis.
Polis noted that the woman, identified by authorities as Renee Nicole Good, was reportedly from Colorado.
“What took place in a Minneapolis neighborhood is deeply disturbing, and the loss of Renee Good is tragic,” Polis said in a statement. “My thoughts are with Renee’s family, especially her young child, friends, and loved ones including those in Colorado.”
The governor added that there “must be a full investigation into this incident, and accountability.”
“The American people deserve answers about what happened today,” Polis said.
Minneapolis school system cancels classes after fatal ICE shooting
Minneapolis Public Schools announced Wednesday evening that it is canceling classes districtwide through Monday following a fatal shooting involving an ICE agent.
The district said the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution,” citing safety concerns tied to “incidents around the city.”
“MPS will continue collaborating with the City of Minneapolis and other partners on emergency preparedness and response,” the district added.
Footage showed protesters banging on glass doors and windows outside the Minneapolis Courthouse Wednesday afternoon demanding "ICE out now."
Protesters were also seen burning American flags while marching through Minneapolis near the scene of the shooting.
Vance vows support for ICE after fatal Minneapolis shooting
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday issued a message of support directed at ICE agents.
“I want every ICE officer to know that their president, vice president, and the entire administration stands behind them,” he wrote on X.
Vance added, “To the radicals assaulting them, doxxing them, and threatening them: congratulations, we're going to work even harder to enforce the law.”
The vice president’s comments come after a woman was fatally shot Wednesday during an encounter with an ICE agent in Minneapolis. The Department of Homeland Security said she attempted to “weaponize her vehicle” to hit law enforcement officials.
President Donald Trump also weighed in earlier Wednesday, posting on Truth Social that “the situation is being studied, in its entirety,” while blaming the “radical left” for “threatening, assaulting and targeting our law enforcement officers and ICE agents on a daily basis.”
The official White House account later posted on X, saying, “We stand with the brave men and women of ICE and law enforcement who risk everything to keep our communities safe.”
Minnesota police group warns 'reckless rhetoric' puts officers at risk after ICE shooting
The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association issued a statement Wednesday condemning what it described as “irresponsible” and “reckless” rhetoric from political leaders following a fatal shooting involving an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
While the association did not single out any specific officials, it urged leaders to stop using “inflammatory language” and to respect the legal and investigative process surrounding the incident.
“Irresponsible, reckless rhetoric from political leaders attacking law enforcement has real and dangerous consequences for officers on the street,” the association said in a statement. “When officers are vilified, demonized, or used as political props, it fuels hostility, emboldens bad actors, and puts lives directly at risk.”
The association added that it “stands firmly behind law enforcement officers, accountability under the law, and the safety of every Minnesota community.”
Trump border czar says Minneapolis shooting shows 'hateful rhetoric' putting ICE at risk
President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said the fatal shooting Wednesday in Minneapolis was “another tragic example of the results of the hateful rhetoric and violent attacks” on ICE and Border Patrol.
“These brave men and women are forced to conduct law enforcement operations in heightened threat environments every day,” Homan wrote on X.
He added that “like all Americans, our officers have a right to self defense.”
Chicago mayor releases video condemning fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis: 'No accountability'
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a video on social media Wednesday following a fatal shooting involving an ICE agent in Minneapolis, claiming there is a nationwide pattern of incidents involving the immigration agency and alleging the Trump administration "lied about what happened."
"The video that many of us have seen of ICE officers fatally shooting a woman at point-blank range is deeply disturbing, and unfortunately, all too similar to incidents that have transpired here in Chicago," Johnson said. "No community deserves to be subjected to the terror that’s stemming from this president’s use of ICE as his personal militarized force."
The mayor went on to allege an ICE agent killed a Chicago father "under very similar conditions, in his car, right after dropping his children off at school."
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, a criminal illegal immigrant, was fatally shot Sept. 12 after driving his car into ICE agents, hitting one of them and dragging him a significant distance, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Despite the agent's injuries, he and his partner immediately administered first aid.
Johnson alleged the Trump administration "lied about what happened" in both the Chicago and Minneapolis cases, and "spewed misinformation in an attempt to distort the public’s understanding."
"There was no accountability for that killing, nor was there any accountability when another legal observer in Chicago was shot five times," he said. "It is incidents like these that demonstrate why we have pushed back against reckless and racist, military authorized immigration enforcement in Chicago."
Johnson added there were "rogue, masked federal agents killing people" in the streets.
"Chicago stands in solidarity with Minneapolis," he said. "Do not let them change the part of your soul that sees a fellow human being when you look at your neighbor. We will get through this."
Illinois rep announces plans to impeach Noem after ICE shooting
Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., announced Wednesday evening plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following a fatal shooting by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
“Secretary Kristi Noem is an incompetent leader, a disgrace to our democracy, and I am impeaching her for obstruction of justice, violation of public trust, and self-dealing," Kelly wrote in a statement. "Secretary Noem wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area, and now, her rogue ICE agents have unleashed that same destruction in Minneapolis, fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good."
Good, 37, was fatally shot by an ICE agent after allegedly blocking a road law enforcement were traveling down during an operation.
Kelly said Noem is violating the Constitution while "ruining—and ending—lives, and separating families."
"It’s one thing to be incompetent and dangerous, but it’s impeachable to break the rule of law," she wrote in the statement. "I told my constituents and Chicagoans that I would fight against Secretary Noem’s agenda. This is me fighting back.”
Kelly said she will file three articles of impeachment against Noem, including obstruction of Congress, violation of public trust, and self-dealing.
Crowd grows to more than 500 people at Minneapolis shooting scene
More than 500 people have gathered at the site of a deadly ICE-involved shooting Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Crowds flooded into the area, near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue, after Twin Cities resident Renee Nicole Good, 37, was fatally shot by an ICE agent during an immigration operation.
At about 5 p.m. local time the crowd began chanting, "Say her name! Renee Good!"
"ICE KILLS" was spray painted in red on a patch of snow near the shooting location.
Fox News' Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.
Window smashed as agitators surround Minneapolis Courthouse following ICE shooting
Protesters were caught on video banging on glass doors and windows outside of the Minneapolis Courthouse Wednesday afternoon demanding "ICE out now" following the fatal shooting of Twin Cities resident Renee Nicole Good, 37, during an immigration operation.
The unplanned gatherings came hours after Good allegedly defied ICE agents' orders and rammed into an officer standing in front of her SUV, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Multiple elected officials, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., quickly called the shooting "a murder."
As anti-ICE protesters backed away from the doors of the courthouse, footage showed an apparent broken window.
Protesters were also seen marching through Minneapolis streets and burning American flags near the shooting scene.
ICE agent who fired at Minneapolis woman released from hospital, Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the ICE agent who fatally shot Twin Cities resident Renee Nicole Good, 37, during a Minneapolis operation on Wednesday was treated at a local hospital and has been released.
The agent, who has not yet been publicly identified, is now with his family, Noem said at a news conference Wednesday evening.
"The fact of the matter is, he's an experienced officer. He's been in situations like this before, and he certainly has been out there and followed his training today," Noem said.
DHS alleges ICE agents repeatedly ordered Good to get out of her SUV, which appeared to be blocking the road, but she refused to obey their commands.
"She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle and she attempted to run an law enforcement officer over," Noem said. "The ICE officer, fearing for his life and the other officers around him and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots. He used his training to save his own life and that of his colleagues."
Noem encouraged Americans to pray for the ICE agent and for Good's loved ones.
None of the agents involved in Minneapolis ICE shooting were wearing bodycams: sources
Multiple ICE sources told Fox News none of the immigration agents involved in Wednesday's fatal Minneapolis shooting were wearing body-worn cameras.
ICE is slowly rolling out body-worn nationwide, but the team involved in Wednesday's incident did not have any equipped, sources said.
Officials previously confirmed Renee Nicole Good, 37, was identified as the woman shot and killed by an ICE agent during the operation.
Fox News' Bill Melugin contributed to this report.
Mamdani, Minneapolis council member claim woman shot by ICE agent was 'murdered'
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez on Wednesday condemned the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent, calling it a “murder.”
Though no criminal charges have been announced against the unnamed ICE agent who opened fire during an incident hours earlier, the newly elected mayor claimed "this morning, an ICE agent murdered a woman in Minneapolis—only the latest horror in a year full of cruelty."
Good was shot by an ICE agent after allegedly blocking a road law enforcement were traveling down during an operation.
Video showed what appeared to be Good driving into the agent, who was standing in front of her vehicle, as he opened fire into the front of the SUV.
"As ICE attacks our neighbors across America, it is an attack on us all," Mamdani wrote in an X post. "New York stands with immigrants today, and every day that follows."
Council member Chavez later sent out a statement, using the word "murder" three times in the first three sentences.
"My thoughts right now are with the loved ones of Renee who was murdered by ICE on 34th and Portland," Chavez wrote. "The agent who murdered our neighbor must be arrested. Those who were involved in murder must be arrested. ICE must leave our city, and ICE must be abolished."
He went on to claim immigrants in Minneapolis were "being kidnapped and seeing their families torn apart by Trump’s foot soldiers."
"My thoughts are with every brave, committed resident in the streets observing the activities of federal agents running riot across our city," Chavez wrote. "Observing the federal government’s actions at 34th and Portland is not a crime, and even if it were, it would not be punishable by death. The deceased should be with us today, but because these masked agents believe they are above the law, they were murdered for exercising their rights."
Renee Nicole Good, 37, identified as woman fatally shot by ICE agent in Minneapolis
The woman fatally shot Wednesday morning by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has been identified by Minneapolis City Council members as Twin Cities resident Renee Nicole Good, 37.
Good was shot by an ICE agent after blocking a road law enforcement were traveling down during an operation.
Video showed what appeared to be Good driving into the agent, who was standing in front of her vehicle, as he opened fire into the front of the SUV.
“This morning an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, a member of our community," city council members wrote in a statement. "Renee was a resident of our city who was out caring for her neighbors this morning and her life was taken today at the hands of the federal government. Anyone who kills someone in our city deserves to be arrested, investigated, and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Council members called the incident an "attack," demanding ICE "immediately leave our city so we can get rid of their chaos and violence that ended the life of one of our neighbors today."
"Now is the time to reach out and support your immigrant neighbors," the group wrote. "Minneapolis is resilient and will not back down as the federal government ramps up their attacks on our community.”
President Donald Trump posted to Truth Social Wednesday afternoon saying "the situation is being studied, in its entirety," and blaming the "radical left" for "threatening, assaulting and targeting our law enforcement officers and ICE agents on a daily basis."
The official White House account later posted on X saying, "We stand with the brave men and women of ICE and law enforcement who risk everything to keep our communities safe."
The agent, who was taken to the hospital following the shooting, has not yet been publicly identified.
Protester burns US flag near scene of fatal ICE-involving shooting
A protester was seen burning a U.S. flag Wednesday near the scene of the deadly Minneapolis shooting involving ICE agents, according to Newsmax.
Footage circulating on social media shows at least one individual waving an American flag upside down, a widely recognized symbol of political protest or distress.
In the video, the masked demonstrator then sets the flag on fire while surrounded by onlookers.
As the flag disintegrated, reactions from the crowd were mixed. One bystander was captured on camera throwing objects at the individual in apparent objection, while others cheered and shouted profanities in support.
Videos show multiple angles of fatal Minneapolis ICE shooting
New videos have emerged showing the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE agent on Wednesday morning in Minneapolis.
The chilling videos, captured by bystanders, appear to show multiple angles of the encounter between ICE agents and the woman, who was subsequently shot by an officer.
In one video, the woman's SUV appeared to be parked perpendicular to the road, as law enforcement vehicles attempted to drive through.
Masked officers got out of their pickup truck, which was flashing blue police lights, and walked up to the SUV demanding the woman "get out of the car."
A bystander was heard in the background yelling, "no," as officers tugged at the driver's side door handle and the woman began driving toward an ICE agent standing in front of her SUV.
The SUV appeared to have hit the ICE agent as he fired multiple shots into the front of the vehicle.
The agent was then seen limping toward the woman's SUV, which sped off and crashed into cars parked on the side of the street.
A second video, which appears to have been filmed from inside a nearby home, shows the ICE agent standing in front of the vehicle, firing shots as the SUV hit him.
The SUV could then be seen speeding down the street before slamming into a row of parked cars.
Other officers were then seen running to the SUV, seemingly to provide first aid, as the agent limped behind.
White House says it stands with ICE following fatal Minneapolis shooting
The official White House account posted to X Wednesday afternoon in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after an agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis earlier in the day.
"We stand with the brave men and women of ICE and law enforcement who risk everything to keep our communities safe," the account wrote in a post.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem earlier called the incident an "act of domestic terrorism," alleging the woman who was shot rammed into agents with her car while they were conducting an operation.
Ilhan Omar blasts ICE after Minnesota shooting, calls agency’s actions ‘state violence’
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of “unconscionable and reprehensible” conduct Wednesday following a deadly ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis.
Omar said ICE’s actions led to the death of a legal observer and blamed the Trump administration for what she described as “reckless and deadly actions.”
“I am beyond outraged that their reckless, callous actions led to the killing of a legal observer in Minneapolis,” Omar wrote on X. “My heart breaks for the victim’s family, who will have to forever live with the pain caused by the Trump Administration’s reckless and deadly actions.”
She accused ICE of “terrorizing neighborhoods” and said the agency’s ongoing “Operation Metro Surge” had spread “fear, chaos, and violence” across Minnesota.
“This is not law enforcement. It is state violence,” Omar said. “It is simply indefensible, and ICE must be held accountable.”
In a separate post responding to video shared by the Department of Homeland Security, Omar disputed officials’ characterization of the incident.
“You’re lying,” she wrote. “There was no attempt to run the officer over and no ICE agents appear to be hurt. Get out of our city.”
Noem condemns alleged attack on ICE agents stuck in snow as 'act of domestic terrorism'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the woman who was fatally shot Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis was "using a vehicle to try to kill an officer and his colleagues," noting all elected officials should denounce violent acts against law enforcement.
During a news conference at the Texas southern border, Noem said ICE agents were conducting an enforcement action in Minneapolis Wednesday morning when their vehicle got stuck in the snow.
As they were attempting to push the vehicle, she said a woman "attacked them and those surrounding them" and "attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle."
"It was an act of domestic terrorism," Noem said. "An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot to protect himself and the people around him."
The woman, who has not yet been publicly identified, was pronounced dead.
The shooting came days after DHS deployed 2,000 additional officers to the Minneapolis area, sparking protests in the blue city.
"The act like we saw today… is something that every politician, every elected official, everyone in this country, should be able to rally around and say that it is wrong," she said. "That sanctuary cities and sanctuary states that protect individuals who do that should no longer be allowed."
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