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FBI Takes Over ICE Shooting Probe in Minneapolis as Minnesota Investigators Decry Being Shut Out

State investigators say they are shut out of key materials in a case that federal officials insist was self-defense.

Overview

  • A 37-year-old driver, identified as Renee Nicole Good, was shot by an ICE agent during a large federal operation in Minneapolis and later pronounced dead at a hospital, after police said her vehicle moved as the agent approached.
  • The Department of Homeland Security, President Donald Trump, Secretary Kristi Noem and Vice President J. D. Vance describe the shooting as self-defense after an alleged attempt to ram officers, a claim rejected by Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz after reviewing videos.
  • Video analyses by the Washington Post and New York Times indicate the agent had moved out of the vehicle’s path and fired from the side, undercutting the federal account.
  • The FBI is leading the investigation, while Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says the U.S. Attorney cut it out of the probe and denied access to evidence, a move Noem defended as a matter of federal jurisdiction.
  • Protests continued in Minneapolis and nearby Fort Snelling with some arrests reported, schools were closed for safety, and the shooting occurred during a DHS operation deploying over 2,000 agents for fraud investigations.