In an agent’s cell phone recording, Renee Nicole Good can be seen steering away from the agent who shot her. But the agent fired shots at her when she accelerated away instead of getting out of her car like ordered. The new video undermines the administration’s core self-defense claim and strengthens cold-blooded murder accusations.
A 47-second cellphone video directly recorded by ICE agent Jonathan E. Ross, the officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, has been released. The footage provides the agent’s view of the Jan. 7 incident in Minneapolis that killed the 37-year-old victim. It has become the crux of the debate over what really happened before Ross fatally shot Good.
The footage, verified by multiple news organizations, begins with an extraordinary juxtaposition. Renee Good can be seen speaking calmly from her SUV to the officer approaching her. In her last words captured on camera, she tells the agents, “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you.”
Moments later, as the vehicle begins to pull away, a visceral slur from her shooter is captured. After firing three shots right at Good’s face, he calls her a “f—ing bitch.” Mind you, this is not an eyewitness recap. It is captured by the agent’s own cell phone.
The video captures agent Jonathan Ross and Renee Good’s interaction
BREAKING: Alpha News has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/p2wks0zew0
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The video opens with Ross exiting his vehicle and walking purposefully toward the maroon SUV stopped in the street. Good’s car was blocking traffic, and federal vehicles were nearby. Her wife, Becca, is visible on camera and speaking to Ross as well. But throughout the video, there is no recorded threat in Good’s tone.
As the officer circles the car, filming, another ICE agent orders Good to exit the vehicle. The multiple video angles show Good maneuvering her vehicle slowly forward and to the right, away from the approaching agent.
Notably, the agent’s feet are not in the direct path of her tires. Whether the SUV actually struck the agent is still unclear, but in this video, the contact appears minimal and incidental. Even after the contact, the agent remains on his feet.
Jonathan Ross shoots as soon as her car begins moving
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BODY CAM FOOTAGE PROVES MURDER.
Renee Nicole Good wasn’t trying to run anyone over. Video shows her steering to pull away from ICE agents, not lunge at them — and the officer still shot her as she moved forward.
The federal narrative falls apart on video. pic.twitter.com/zQ2wUnRtBp
When Good accelerates to leave the scene, Ross fires three shots in rapid succession from the driving seat window. The recording shows the vehicle continuing down the street and eventually crashing into a parked car. In the aftermath, a voice utters the slur “f—ing bitch” (via People)
This footage directly contradicts the version of events cited by federal officials. The administration claimed the agent shot her because he was in danger. They have repeatedly suggested that he suffered, or was about to suffer bodily harm from Good’s vehicle.
President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both framed the incident as a defensive shooting. This is despite local leaders, including Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, rejecting that narrative after reviewing video evidence themselves.
The agent was not in danger when he fired at Renee
The new footage complicates claims that the officer was directly in the SUV’s path. It raises acute questions about why lethal force was used when the perceived threat was already ending. Despite that, the federal narrative is not borne out cleanly by this footage. It does not prove innocence or guilt, but it absolutely complicates the story the government told.
