Family of US citizen fatally shot by ICE agent speak out

The family of a woman who was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis have spoken out and claimed she was 'murdered'.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot dead by ICE agents on Wednesday (7 January), after it was claimed she was 'blocking the street' with her car while they carried out an operation in Minnesota city.

Footage of the incident appeared to show an officer confronting Good in her car before firing several shots into the vehicle as it started to move.

Her mother, Donna Ganger, confirmed her daughter’s identity to The Minnesota Star-Tribune just hours after the shooting unfolded.

She said she was 'probably terrified' and, referring to protesters challenging ICE agents, said she's 'not part of anything like that at all'.

Ganger said: "Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. She was extremely compassionate.

The fatal shooting of a woman in Minnesota has sparked outrange (Stephen Maturen / Stringer / via Getty)

"She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”

Accounts of what actually happened have been conflicting, with Trump administration officials describing the shooting as an act of self-defence, claiming Good had engaged in 'domestic terrorism'.

Meanwhile, the city's Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey urged the ICE agents to leave the city.

But President Donald Trump has defended ICE, claiming on Truth Social that Good was an 'agitator' and the ICE officer was 'violently' ran over by her.

He wrote: “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-defence.

Trump said it was an act of self-defence (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

"Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital."

However, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told CNN that no one else had been hurt other than Good.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, added: “Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism."

Her former father-in-law has since spoken out and claimed she was 'murdered' (Scott Olson / Staff / via Getty)

She added: “An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots. He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers."

Good was reportedly previously married to a man called Timmy Ray Macklin Jr, who passed away in 2023 aged just 36, with whom she reportedly shares a six-year-old child.

Her former father-in-law, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., has since spoken to the Telegraph, declaring the incident was 'murder'.

He said: “It is horrible, it’s murder. Everybody is terribly shocked right now. She was a good, outgoing person. I didn’t agree with a lot of her ways, but it’s really sad to see these things happen."

Macklin added: "My main concern right now is getting my grandchild."