The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis has been identified as Jonathan Ross, according to reports from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Fox9 and The Intercept also identified the shooter as Ross.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Wednesday that the agent involved in the shooting was the same officer who had previously been “dragged” and injured by a driver in June. The description aligns with a June 17, 2025 incident in Bloomington, Minn., in which Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala was found guilty of assault in federal court in December.
In court documents from that case, the officer is identified as Ross. According to exhibits entered in the proceeding, Ross punched through a window after stopping Munoz-Guatemala, who then attempted to flee and dragged Ross “more than 100 yards” while the officer’s arm remained inside the vehicle, leaving him with bloody injuries.
ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return requests for comment. Later, ICE Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin defended the agent’s actions and said the agency would not release his identity.
“We are not going to expose the name of this officer. He acted according to his training,” McLaughlin said, adding that the agent had more than 10 years of experience as an ICE deportation officer.
McLaughlin’s statement also criticized what she described as attempts to identify officers online, saying: “DHS will never confirm or deny attempts to dox our law enforcement officers. Doxxing our officers put their lives and their families in serious danger. Our law enforcement officers are on the frontlines arresting terrorists, gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and rapists. Now, thanks to the malicious rhetoric of sanctuary politicians, they are under constant threat from violent agitators.”
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What Video Appears to Show
The shooting happened Jan. 7 and was captured in multiple bystander videos. In the footage, the woman — identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37 — is seen reversing her Honda Pilot as ICE agents attempt to open her car door. The vehicle then moves forward and to the right, and an agent opens fire — first through the windshield and then twice through the open window — killing Good.
Minneapolis City Council member Jason Chavez previously described Good as “an observer … watching out for our immigrant neighbors,” ABC News reported.
The masked agent is also seen walking to the area where Good’s vehicle crashed into another car, then leaving the scene in an SUV.
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Political Fallout and Competing Narratives
In a post on X, the Department of Homeland Security accused Good of “weaponiz[ing] her vehicle” in an “act of domestic terrorism.”
President Donald Trump weighed in on Truth Social, calling the incident a “horrible thing to watch,” and claiming the officer “seems to have shot her in self defense.” Trump also alleged that “the woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator,” and described the driver as “disorderly,” “obstructing and resisting,” and someone who “ran over the ICE Officer.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected the White House’s version of events, calling it “bulls—,” and suggested ICE — deployed to the city under the stated purpose of rooting out alleged fraud by childcare agencies — should “get the f— out” of Minneapolis.
Investigation and Protests
Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said federal authorities are barring it from participating in the investigation, the Associated Press reported. Protests against ICE entered a second day in the Twin Cities on Thursday.
