New footage surfaced on Friday captured by a U.S. immigration officer involved in the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, offering fresh perspectives and audio recordings leading up to the deadly encounter. The video, shared by Alpha News and verified by CBC News, spans 47 seconds and showcases the viewpoint of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who discharged three rounds at Renee Nicole Good.
The newly released video commences by presenting the officer’s vantage point as he exits a vehicle and approaches the passenger side of Good’s burgundy Honda Pilot. A black dog is visible in the back seat with its head protruding from the open window. The recording captures the officer circling the vehicle as sirens intermittently blare in the background, eventually moving towards the driver’s side.
Good, seated with a hand on the steering wheel, makes eye contact with the camera through her open window, smiles, and reassures, “It’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” Meanwhile, a woman presumed to be Good’s wife comments from outside the vehicle, “That’s OK, we don’t change our plates every morning,” as she films the agent with her phone, stating, “It’ll be the same plate when you come talk to us later.”
As the officer completes his circuit around the vehicle, he returns to the passenger side where the woman challenges him, saying, “You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, big boy. Go ahead.” Subsequently, two additional ICE agents approach the vehicle from the opposite side and instruct Good to exit, echoing scenes depicted in multiple bystander videos.
During the ensuing moments, as the officer films from the passenger side, Good turns the steering wheel to the right, prompting the vehicle to move forward. In rapid succession, three gunshots are heard, causing the video to jolt erratically towards the sky. Following the shots, a voice utters an expletive while Good’s vehicle slowly traverses down the street before the video concludes, leaving the speaker unidentified.
Despite federal officials withholding the agent’s identity, Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s statements align closely with details from federal court documents involving an ICE officer named Jonathan Ross in Bloomington, Minn., last June.
While offering a more detailed insight into the prelude of the shooting, the new video fails to sway opinions regarding the justifiability of the use of force. The White House and Department of Homeland Security maintain that the officer acted in self-defense when the driver allegedly tried to strike him with the vehicle. In contrast, security analyst Thomas Warrick contends that the video does not support the claim that the vehicle was used as a weapon, suggesting that lethal force was unnecessary to resolve the situation.
Following these developments, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is soliciting the public’s assistance in providing any relevant footage or evidence related to the fatal shooting, expressing concerns over the federal handling of the investigation and potential lack of collaboration with state authorities.