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

A Minneapolis neighbor says she still remembers the exact moment Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

Lynette Reini-Grandell, 65, said she had been recording federal activity in the area when she crossed the street and heard gunshots 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. At the time, she wasn’t looking directly toward the vehicle, and other cars blocked her view.

“Right away, I knew it was gunfire,” she added, saying 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 sparked immediate panic among people nearby.

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

Reini-Grandell said the scene had been 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 guns and gas canisters out and were shouting that it was a crime scene. She said people pushed back verbally, telling officers they had made it a crime scene—and that someone needed to help Good.

Good, 37, 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. Bystander video footage that later went viral captured a masked federal agent firing multiple shots into Good’s vehicle. The car then moved up the street before slamming 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 placed blame on Good for the shooting.

The agent who fatally shot Good has been identified as Jonathan Ross, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported. It is unclear whether he is facing any criminal charges. An investigation remains 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.”