Local officials have voiced concerns that the federal investigation into Renee Good’s killing will not be handled fairly, as new video shedding more light on what happened emerges. ITV News Correspondent Romilly Weeks reports from Minneapolis
Warning: This report contains language some may find upsetting
New mobile phone footage filmed by the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has emerged, and shows the moments leading up to her death.
Good, a 37-year-old mother, was shot by the ICE agent on Wednesday.
Her death has sparked nationwide protests, deepening tensions over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Trump administration officials have painted Renee Good as a domestic terrorist who tried to run over an officer with her vehicle.
However, state and local officials in Minneapolis, as well as protesters, have rejected that characterisation.
The new video, obtained by Alpha News, was recorded on the federal agent’s mobile phone.
US Vice President JD Vance shared the video on X, saying it shows the officer acted in “self-defence”.
He wrote: “Watch this, as hard as it is. Many of you have been told this law enforcement officer wasn’t hit by a car, wasn’t being harassed, and murdered an innocent woman. The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defence.”
The video begins with the agent – identified as Jonathan Ross – in front of the vehicle driven by Good, who had stopped her burgundy SUV perpendicular to the street, obstructing the flow of traffic.
Ross does not say anything as he walks across the front of the car toward the driver’s side of the car.
As he rounds the car, Good can be seen with her window down looking directly at the officer.
In the video, Good then talks to Ross.
“That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you,” she says. Ross does not respond.
In the car window a reflection can be seen of Ross, holding his phone up, as he continues to walk. You can also hear the victim’s wife, Becca Good, say “show your face” to Ross.
The video shows Ross walking around to the back of the car.
Becca Good, who had been a passenger in the car and had got out before the confrontation, tells Ross: “We don’t change our plates every morning, just so you know. This will be the same plate when you come talk to us later.”
She holds a mobile phone up to Ross’s face as she addresses him.
“You wanna come at us? You wanna come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy,” she says to Ross.
She then tries to get back in the car, but the door is locked.
You then hear another officer tell Good, the driver, to “get out of the f****** car.”
Good is then seen reversing the car and glancing forward as she turns the steering wheel to the right, away from where the officer is standing.
The car moves forward, and Ross cries out “whoa” and then three gunshots are heard in rapid succession.
The video does not show if the SUV made contact with Ross, as the camera angle jerks up to the sky.
An earlier video shot by a bystander shows that the SUV may have made contact with Ross as it lurches forward, and he moves to the side.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the newly released video backs up what the agency has said – that the ICE agent acted in self-defence.
“This footage corroborates what DHS has stated all along – that this individual was impeding law enforcement and weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill or cause bodily harm to federal law enforcement.
“The officer was in fear of his own life, the lives of his fellow officers and acted in self-defence.
“The American people can watch this video with their own eyes and ears and judge for themselves,” McLaughlin said in a statement on Friday.
The shooting itself is not visible, but three gunshots are heard as the phone in his hand jostles further and then is facing the house behind Ross.
The camera then captures the SUV as it barrels forward. Someone can be heard uttering “f****** b****.”
The impact of the SUV crashing into a parked car can be heard as well as the camera pans down to the street.
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