An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in south Minneapolis during a Jan. 7 immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The woman, identified by The Minnesota Star Tribune as Renee Nicole Good, 37 was a U.S. citizen driving a maroon SUV. Good was not a target of the immigration operation, according to Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, NBC reported.

Her mother, Donna Ganger, told the Star Tribune that her daughter “was probably terrified” and that she was “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to protests against ICE.

Video footage and eyewitness accounts show ICE officers approaching the vehicle, attempting to open the door, and ordering her to exit it before she reversed the SUV and then drove forward toward the agent. An officer who had been standing in front of the vehicle was struck by the vehicle, moved aside and fired three shots through the window, after which the vehicle crashed into a parked car and a light pole. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the driver "weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them."

Several posts responding to McLaughlin went viral among critics of the Trump administration's immigration policies, while supporters shared different video camera angles and argued the shooting was justified. The debate remains heated as investigations continue.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem echoed McLaughlin, stating that the officer "used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers."

President Donald Trump on TruthSocial called the video "a horrible thing to watch.” He described the woman as "disorderly, obstructing and resisting," claiming she "viciously ran over the ICE officer," who shot in self-defense. Trump blamed "the Radical Left" for targeting law enforcement.

Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey strongly disagreed with McLaughlin's claims, calling the self-defense narrative "b*****it" and "garbage" after reviewing video evidence that he said showed a reckless use of force instead.

In a press conference Wednesday evening, a reporter asked for Noem’s response to Frey’s comment. 

“I say that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. It’s very clear that this individual was harassing and impeding law enforcement operations. Our officer followed his training, did exactly what he’s been taught to do in that situation, and took actions to defend himself and defend his fellow law enforcement officers.”

Noem began the press conference by stating that she has spoken to President Trump and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and that she wanted to start by reiterating “the facts of what happened today at 10:25 a.m. Central Time,” noting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was “carrying out lawful operations here in Minneapolis and that because of the recent snow one of the vehicles became stuck and ensnared in the snow.” 

“Law enforcement were attempting to push out this vehicle when a mob of agitators that were harassing them all day began blocking them in, shouting at them, and impeding law enforcement operations,” she continued. “ICE officers and agents approached the vehicle of the individual in question who was blocking the officers in with her vehicle.”

Noem then added that the woman had been stalking and impeding the officers’ work throughout the day. 

“ICE agents repeatedly ordered her to get out of the car and to stop obstructing law enforcement, but she refused to obey their commands,” Noem said. “She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle, and she attempted to run a law enforcement officer over. This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents.”

Noem also said that on Jan. 7 there had been “four different domestic terrorist attacks on federal officers by the ramming of vehicles” and that three of them were in Minneapolis. She added that Homeland Security has seen over 100 vehicle rammings in recent weeks and said it must stop. 

Noem further explained that in June 2025 the same officer from today’s incident was “dragged by an anti-ICE rioter who had rammed him with a car.

She later confirmed that the officer had indeed been hit, was treated at a local hospital, released, and is now with family.

This is a developing story.