Federal authorities have identified the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good during a confrontation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
The agent, Jonathan Ross, 43, fired three shots at Good, 37, after authorities say she accelerated her vehicle and struck him. Federal officials have described her actions as an act of “domestic terrorism,” a characterization that has been disputed locally.
President Donald Trump said the agent’s life was in danger on the icy streets and argued Ross acted in self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected that reasoning, calling it “bulls**t,” and said the city would pursue a thorough investigation into the incident.
Family comments on shooting
In comments to the Daily Mail, Ross’s father, Ed Ross, 80, said he believed his son would not face criminal charges.
“She hit him,” he said. “He also had an officer whose arm was in the car. He won’t be charged with anything.”
Ed Ross described his son as a conservative Christian and praised him as a devoted husband and father.
“I couldn’t be more proud of him,” he said.
He also said Jonathan Ross has been married since 2012 to his 38-year-old wife, adding that her parents are from the Philippines. When asked about her immigration status, he said she is a U.S. citizen but did not offer further details about how long she has lived in the United States.
Records describe earlier on-duty encounter
According to records reviewed by the Associated Press, Ross is an Iraq War veteran and has worked as an ICE deportation officer since 2015.
The documents also describe an on-duty incident six months earlier in which Ross was injured during an attempted arrest, authorities said.
On June 17, Ross was part of a team trying to arrest Roberto Munoz-Guatemala, who records said was living in the U.S. illegally. Court filings say Munoz-Guatemala fled in a vehicle and attempted to evade officers until Ross positioned his vehicle diagonally in front of the suspect’s car to force it to stop.
Court records state that Ross and an FBI agent identified themselves as law enforcement and pointed firearms while ordering the driver to park. Ross allegedly told the driver to lower the window and warned he would break the glass if he did not comply.
Records say Ross used a “spring-loaded window punch” on a rear window, then reached an arm inside in an attempt to unlock the doors. At that point, court filings allege, the driver sped away—dragging Ross along the roadway.
Ross reportedly deployed a Taser and struck the driver in the head and neck, but the vehicle continued moving. Records say the car traveled roughly the length of a football field in about 12 seconds before Ross was thrown free when the driver mounted a curb.
Ross later received dozens of stitches and testified that the injuries caused “excruciating pain,” according to the filings.
The driver reportedly asked a woman to call 911 and said he had been assaulted by someone he did not know was a federal officer. Munoz-Guatemala was charged with assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon and was found guilty by a jury, which concluded he should have known Ross was an officer.
Bystander videos show moments before shots fired
Multiple bystander videos captured different angles of Wednesday’s shooting. In one clip, Good’s Honda SUV appears to clip the hand of an ICE agent.
The vehicle had been paused mid-turn at an intersection, and the driver was seen extending her hand out the window moments earlier, apparently waving other cars through, before officers approached.
Video shows agents arriving in a truck and walking toward the Honda from the side, shouting for the driver to get out. One agent then moved to the driver’s side and appeared to try the door. Moments later, the car lurched backward and then surged forward.
Footage shows the SUV moving toward Ross, who was positioned in front of the vehicle. He then moved aside and fired three shots, according to the videos.
After the shots were fired, the vehicle continued forward, appearing to go out of control before crashing into another car parked on the street.
