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ICE Agent’s Fatal Shooting in Minneapolis Fuels Nationwide Protests

Authorities have opened state and federal investigations into the killing during a sprawling ICE operation.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as Renee Nicole Good, 37, who was shot during an ICE enforcement action near 34th Street and Portland Avenue in the Powderhorn area.
  • DHS officials say the driver used her vehicle as a weapon; Secretary Kristi Noem called the incident terrorism and President Donald Trump described the shooting as self-defense.
  • Videos shared widely appear to show an agent firing at close range as the SUV moved to pull away, a depiction that local officials including Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz say undermines the federal account.
  • Protests erupted in Minneapolis and spread to cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, Seattle, and Boston, and federal officers deployed tear gas outside Minneapolis’s Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building.
  • Minneapolis police say the FBI is involved in the inquiry, schools in the city were closed as a precaution, and the shooting occurred during a DHS surge that brought roughly 2,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities.