Renee Good’s Dog Survived Fatal ICE Shooting in the Backseat and Reunited with Renee’s Widow While She Grieved 

The newly released cellphone footage of Renee Good’s fatal shooting by an ICE officer shows a detail that hadn’t been widely noted before: a black dog was inside her vehicle during the confrontation.

In the video, an ICE agent records the encounter while moving around a Honda Pilot where Renee is seated in the driver’s seat. Her wife, Becca Good, stands outside the vehicle speaking with the agent. Through the open rear window, a black dog can be seen sitting in the backseat, watching.

Moments later, the situation escalates. As Renee begins to move the vehicle, an agent later identified as Jonathan Ross fires at her. The SUV continues forward after she is hit, then crashes a short distance away. In the audio, a voice behind the camera can be heard using a profanity directed at Renee.

A Minneapolis resident who lives near the scene says they approached Becca shortly afterward and asked if there was anyone she could call. Becca, the resident says, responded in shock, telling them Renee had been shot in the head and expressing disbelief over what had just happened.

The neighbor adds that Becca told them she and Renee had recently moved to Minneapolis and had a 6-year-old who was in school.

As SWAT officers arrived and began ordering bystanders to back up, the resident says Becca screamed, “My wife!” Then, as the commotion continued, Becca pleaded for help with the dog still inside the vehicle, saying there was a dog in the back and asking if someone could get it for her.

The resident says Becca was eventually able to retrieve the dog. She then sat with it on the steps of a nearby home while officials continued working the scene.

Becca later issued a statement on Jan. 9, writing that she and Renee had moved to Minnesota “to make a better life for ourselves.” She described Minneapolis as a place where they found community and support — and said that sense of safety was taken from her.

She also described how they came to be near the federal operation that day.

“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors,” she wrote. “We had whistles. They had guns.”

Renee suffered gunshot wounds to the head, ABC News reported, citing city officials. Video from the scene showed officers stopping a man who identified himself as a doctor from offering care. Renee was later transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

In her statement, Becca wrote that Renee left behind three children, including a 6-year-old who, she said, had already lost his father. Becca said she is now left to raise their son and to carry forward the values Renee lived by — compassion, peace, and rejection of hate.

She ended by thanking the public for respecting their privacy and urged that Renee’s legacy be remembered for kindness and love, not the violence of her final moments.