Newly Released Records Detail Chaos During Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Reports from the city’s police and fire departments show that Renee Good, who was killed by an ICE agent last week, was found with two gunshot wounds to her chest and one to her forearm.
Published Jan. 15, 2026
Updated Jan. 16, 2026
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Newly released records from the Minneapolis police and fire departments detailed the chaotic moments that unfolded after a federal agent fatally shot Renee Good, who was found in her vehicle with two gunshot wounds to her chest and another to her forearm.
The responders found Ms. Good unresponsive inside her Honda S.U.V. on Jan. 7, and after they removed her from the vehicle, she was not breathing and had an irregular pulse, according to one of the reports. She also had a possible gunshot wound to the left side of her head. By the time the workers took her out of her vehicle, she had no pulse, and they performed CPR on her as she was rushed to a hospital, the report said.
The details, revealed in incident reports from the Minneapolis police and fire departments and 911 call logs obtained by The New York Times, sketched out the shock and fear of bystanders who frantically called for help after the agent, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, opened fire. One of the 911 calls came from a man who appeared to be requesting assistance on behalf of homeland security officers on the scene.
The federal government has defended the ICE agent who shot Ms. Good, saying he acted in self-defense, a narrative state and local officials have disputed repeatedly. The shooting had set off over a week of intense protests in the city, prompting Gov. Tim Walz to plead for peaceful demonstrations. At the same time, Mr. Walz and local officials called for the federal government to end its immigration crackdown in the city.
On Wednesday evening, a separate shooting by a federal agent touched off more clashes between protesters and law enforcement officers. In response, President Trump said Thursday that he would consider invoking the Insurrection Act, which allows him to use the military to quash an insurrection or invasion.
Ms. Good has been labeled a domestic terrorist by Trump aides, while Stephen Miller, a top White House official, on Thursday described the protests as an “insurgency.” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Mr. Trump’s threats to invoke the Insurrection Act were a warning to Democrats.
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Chaotic aftermath: The newly released records show Minneapolis police officers trying to manage a volatile scene as observers and protesters confronted federal agents. Local officers called for crowd control, and recognized the urgent need to evacuate federal agents from the area. Read more ›
Agents’ authority: When a federal agent ordered Ms. Good to get out of her Honda Pilot, was she legally obligated to comply? Experts said the answer is not so simple. While Ms. Good was compelled to follow a lawful order, it is not clear whether the immigration agents on the scene were acting within their authority. Read more ›
Legal action: Lawyers representing the family of Ms. Good, a 37-year-old poet, said on Thursday that they anticipate taking legal action against the federal government and have asked officials to preserve all possible evidence. They earlier announced they would investigate Ms. Good’s killing and described her as a mother of three and a person of faith. Read more ›
Francesca Regalado contributed reporting.
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Jan. 16, 2026, 12:10 a.m. ETJan. 16, 2026
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Emergency call transcripts record a crisis unfolding in real time.
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A maroon Honda Pilot S.U.V. smashed into a utility pole.
After the shooting, a caller pleaded: “Send an ambulance please. Ambulance, please.” Credit...David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
Renee Good was shot last week amid a thicket of cellphones that recorded her killing and afforded instant communication for witnesses.
Records of police and emergency operators released late Thursday contain fragmentary, confused and profane reports from the scene in south Minneapolis and the efforts of the city police to contend with a crisis not of their making. The documents — about 60 pages of 911 call transcripts and police and fire department incident reports — sketch the visceral shock of bystanders, reduced to dry transcripts and terse entries in the shorthand of the police scanner.
The calls to 911 began at 9:38 a.m. on Jan. 7, shortly after an Immigration and Customs and Enforcement officer fired a gun into Ms. Good’s maroon Honda Pilot as observers and protesters confronted federal agents. The frantic calls persisted for about an hour.
“There’s 15 ICE agents, and they shot her, like, because she wouldn’t open her car door,” one caller said.
“I witnessed it,” a separate caller told an operator. Asked if anyone was hit, she replied, after catching her breath, “Yes, bleeding.” The caller later said, “She tried to drive away, but crashed into the nearest vehicle that was parked.”
The caller said she saw blood all over the driver.
The dispatcher responded that “lots of help” was on the way. Another caller pleaded: “Send an ambulance please. Ambulance, please.”
When paramedics arrived at 9:42 a.m., Ms. Good was in the driver’s seat, unresponsive, with blood on her face and torso, the records say. After they removed her from the vehicle, she was not breathing and had an irregular pulse.
She had two apparent gunshot wounds on the right side of her chest, another on her left forearm and a possible fourth on the left side of her head. Blood was flowing from her left ear, and her pupils were dilated, the Fire Department’s report said.
In an ambulance en route to the hospital, medics performed CPR on Ms. Good. About 10:30 a.m., resuscitation efforts were stopped.
Jonathan Ross, who was identified as the ICE agent who shot Ms. Good, was still on the scene, according to a report from the Minneapolis Police Department. About 15 minutes later, he was taken to a federal building.
One of the 911 calls came from a man who appeared to be calling for emergency assistance and local police on behalf of homeland security officers on the scene.
From there, the terse communications among Minneapolis police and fire units recorded in incident reports released Thursday night tell the story.
At 9:47 a.m.: “NEED CROWD CONTROL AND AREA BLOCKED OFF.”
Three minutes later: “CROWD GETTING HOSTILE.”
10:07 a.m.: “CONTACT WHO IS IN CHARGE OF FEDS AND HAVE THEM LEAVE SCENE”
But evacuating ICE was difficult, as the crowd became increasingly agitated. About 20 people tried to surround officers at one point, the records said.
11:01 a.m.: “ICE BEING SURROUNDED."
11:20 a.m.: “ALL ICE AGENTS HAVE LEFT SCENE.”
11:38 a.m.: “CROWD CALMED DOWN NOW THAT ICE IS GONE."
Within an hour after, videos of the killing were being seen on cellphones around the world.
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