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

A newly released cell phone video of Renee Good’s fatal shooting by an ICE officer shows a detail that hadn’t been clear before: a dog was inside her vehicle during the confrontation.

The encounter was recorded by an ICE agent who circled a Honda Pilot as Renee sat in the driver’s seat. Renee’s wife, Becca Good, stood outside the SUV speaking with the agent. In the footage, a black dog can be seen in the backseat, watching through an open window.

Moments later, the situation escalated as Renee began to move the vehicle. An agent later identified as Jonathan Ross fired at her. The SUV continued forward after she was shot and crashed farther down the road. In the audio, a voice from behind the camera can be heard using a vulgar insult.

A Minneapolis resident who lives near the scene said they approached Becca soon afterward and asked if there was someone they could call for her. Becca, the resident recalled, responded that the person who had been shot was her wife and expressed shock and anger about what had happened.

The neighbor added that Becca told them she and Renee had recently moved to Minneapolis, and that they had a 6-year-old enrolled in school.

As SWAT team members arrived and began directing bystanders to move back, Becca cried out for her wife, the neighbor said. Then, Becca asked for help retrieving the dog from the back of the vehicle.

Shortly after, the neighbor said Becca was able to get the dog herself. She sat nearby with the animal while authorities continued working at the scene.

In a statement released Jan. 9, Becca said she and Renee—who had three children from two previous marriages—had moved to Minnesota to build a better life.

“What we found when we got here was a vibrant and welcoming community, we made friends and spread joy,” she wrote. “And while any place we were together was home, there was a strong shared sense here in Minneapolis that we were looking out for each other. Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor. That has been taken from me forever.”

Becca also described what led to the couple’s encounter with federal agents 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 preventing a man who identified himself as a doctor from providing aid. Renee was later transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

In her statement, Becca wrote that Renee “leaves behind three extraordinary children,” including their youngest, who is six. Becca said she is now left to raise their son and to continue teaching him the values Renee held—compassion over hate, peace over fear, and community over division.

“We thank you for the privacy you are granting our family as we grieve,” she wrote. “We thank you for ensuring that Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.”