New footage surfaced on Friday captured by the U.S. immigration officer involved in the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, providing fresh perspectives and audio recordings of the moments leading up to the tragic incident. The video, initially released by Alpha News and authenticated by CBC News, spans 47 seconds and showcases the viewpoint of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who discharged three shots at Renee Nicole Good.
In previously confirmed recordings, the agent is observed holding a phone in his left hand as he approached Good’s SUV just before the shooting. The latest footage commences by showing the officer exiting a vehicle and approaching the passenger side of Good’s burgundy Honda Pilot, with a black dog visible in the back seat with its head out of the window.
Amid occasional sirens in the background, the video moves around the front of the Honda toward the driver’s side. Good, seated with a hand on the steering wheel, makes eye contact with the camera through her open window, smiles, and reassures, “It’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.”
Subsequently, the officer proceeds to circle the vehicle, moving towards the rear and displaying the license plate, while a woman presumed to be Good’s wife comments, “That’s OK, we don’t change our plates every morning.” She then films the agent with her phone, stating, “It’ll be the same plate when you come talk to us later.”
As the officer completes his circuit around the vehicle and returns to the passenger side, the woman challenges him, “You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy. Go ahead.” At this moment, two other ICE agents approach from the opposite side and instruct Good to exit the vehicle, a scene depicted in multiple previously released bystander videos.
During the subsequent seconds, the officer filming the video moves from the passenger side to the driver’s side as Good turns the steering wheel, causing the car to move forward. A series of three gunshots can be heard as the video pans upward erratically, followed by a voice uttering an expletive. The vehicle then slowly progresses down the street before the video concludes.
Federal authorities have refrained from disclosing the agent’s identity, with details provided by U.S. Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem closely resembling those in federal court documents concerning an incident involving an ICE officer named Jonathan Ross in Bloomington, Minnesota, last June.
Although the new video offers additional insight into the interaction between the officer and the driver before the shooting, it appears not to sway opinions on the justification of the use of force. The White House and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) maintain that the officer acted in self-defense as the driver allegedly attempted to run him over.
In contrast, a security expert analyzing the footage disputes the claim that the vehicle was weaponized, asserting that lethal force was unnecessary to resolve the situation. The expert highlights uncertainties regarding the sequence of events leading to the shooting, emphasizing that the officer’s safety did not appear to be at immediate risk.
In response to the evolving investigation, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has called on the public to submit any relevant evidence directly to her office, expressing concerns about the federal government’s handling of the case.