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By Suzanne Blake
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More details are surfacing about the family of Renee Good, the driver fatally shot by ICE in Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon.
Renee’s wife, Rebecca Good, 40, was filmed in the shooting video as Renee died following three gunshots fired by ICE agents.
Why It Matters
Under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped up its operations, seeking out undocumented immigrants to deport them back to their home countries.
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However, as its operations target several cities, American citizens have been swept into the agency, sometimes leading to violence, as was the case of Good’s death after she appeared to try to drive away from ICE on Wednesday afternoon.
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What To Know
A newly released video shows Good ignoring ICE agents’ demands to get out of her car and instead reversing and driving off.
Renee and Rebecca worked for Rebecca’s household repair and maintenance business, B. Good Handywork LLC, according to Missouri Secretary of State records reviewed by Newsweek.
Although the business was officially incorporated in 2024, both Rebecca and Renee are listed as company managers.
The two lived in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City before leaving for Canada following Trump’s election, a past neighbor told local station KMBC.
However, the couple had recently moved back to the U.S. and set up roots in Minneapolis before the ICE protest that led to Renee’s death.
In the released footage of the shooting, Rebecca is shown crying, “I made her come down here, it's my fault.”
According to witnesses there at the time, Renee and Rebecca were filming the protest when the events that led to her death unfolded.
Some family members dispute Renee’s involvement with the ICE protests, however.
'That's so stupid,' Renee's mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "Renee was one of the kindest people I've ever known. She was extremely compassionate. She's taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
ICE has said that Renee was shot after purposefully driving her car at ICE agents. However, witnesses and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey refuted these claims.
"Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly: that is bullshit,” Frey told reporters. “This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.”
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Renee was perpetrating “an act of domestic terrorism” and ICE agents acted in self-defense.
“An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot to protect himself and the people around him,” Noem said.
Renee’s party affiliation is not listed in her public voter records.
Before marrying Rebecca, Renee was married to comedian Timothy Macklin, who died in May 2023. Renee also had three children, all under the age of 18, one of them with Macklin.
What People Are Saying
President Donald Trump said of the ICE killing of Renee Good: “I have just viewed the clip of the event… It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense."
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey told reporters, "Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly: that is bullshit. This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying."
What Happens Next
While state and city leaders are calling for ICE to leave Minneapolis, DHS said agents will continue their operations.
According to the agency, DHS has more than 2,000 officers in the area, and more than 1,500 people have been arrested under their operations.
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