‘I Heard 3 Pops’ and Then the Crash: Neighbor Recounts Horror of Renee Good’s Killing

A Minneapolis neighbor says she heard the gunshots that killed Renee Nicole Good, 37, during a federal immigration enforcement operation in the city.

Lynette Reini-Grandell, 65, said she had been recording Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity nearby when she crossed the street and heard gunfire on Wednesday, Jan. 7.

“When I got pretty much to the middle of the street, I heard three pops of the gun,” Reini-Grandell said. She added that she wasn’t looking toward the vehicle at the time because other cars had blocked her view.

“Right away, I knew it was gunfire,” she said, adding that she then heard the sound of Good’s car crashing into another vehicle and a utility pole across the street.

Reini-Grandell said the shooting set off immediate panic among bystanders.

“So, I started screaming,” she said. “The people around me started screaming. People were screaming, ‘You shot her’ [and] ‘You killed her.’”

Reini-Grandell described the scene as crowded but relatively calm before the shots were fired.

“It had been congested, but very quiet other than people blowing their whistles and yelling at ICE to get out of our city,” she said. “But this was just crazy.”

She said neighbors tried to reach Good’s car to help, but officers blocked them.

“The ICE officers were now between us and her car and they were pushing us back,” Reini-Grandell said, adding that officers had their guns and gas canisters out and were yelling that it was a crime scene. She said she and others responded that the officers had made it a crime scene—and that someone needed to help Good.

Good had just dropped her 6-year-old child off at school before the deadly encounter with federal immigration agents, her ex-husband told The Associated Press. Video recorded by bystanders and widely shared online appears to show a masked federal agent firing multiple shots into Good’s vehicle. The car then continued up the street before crashing into the back of another vehicle.

Good suffered gunshot wounds to the head, ABC News reported, citing city officials. She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Good had been “stalking and impeding” ICE agents that day, and accused her of “domestic terrorism.” President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have also blamed Good for the shooting.

The agent who fatally shot Good was later identified as Jonathan Ross, the Minnesota Star Tribune first reported. It remains unclear whether he faces any criminal charges. An investigation is ongoing.

“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother, Donna Ganger, told the newspaper. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”