VIDEO New images of the moment the ICE agent opened fire on the woman in Minneapolis. “It's okay man, I'm not mad at you”
The White House reposted cellphone video on social media on Friday of the US immigration officer who fatally shot a Minnesota woman in her car this week, an incident that has sparked nationwide protests.
Witness footage shows that shortly after he got out of his SUV and approached Renee Good's vehicle, the ICE officer pulled out his cellphone and recorded, CNN reports.
In the new video, Renee Good, 37, appears calm and can be heard telling the officer, “It's okay, man, I'm not mad at you” — some of the last words she ever spoke — moments before the ICE officer opened fire as Good drove down the street.
The 47-second clip risks further inflaming tensions between state and local government leaders and members of President Donald Trump's administration, who have given starkly different accounts of Wednesday's shootings in a residential Minneapolis neighborhood.
Authorities in Minnesota said Friday they will open their own criminal investigation after some state law enforcement officials said the FBI was refusing to cooperate with state investigators.
BREAKING: Alpha News has obtained cellphone footage showing perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/p2wks0zew0
— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) January 9, 2026
What can be seen in the new images
The video, obtained by Alpha News and verified by Reuters, begins as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross gets out of his car and walks toward Good's Honda SUV, which is partially blocking traffic with the front of the car facing the street.
A black dog is briefly visible in the back seat of her car through the open rear window.
As Ross approaches and begins circling the SUV, Good backs off a few feet before casually talking to Ross through the open window. Ross then continues to circle the vehicle, where he films the SUV's license plate and encounters Good's wife, Becca Good, on the street.
She tells him, “We don't change our plates every morning, just so you know. It'll be the same plate when you come talk to us later. That's fine. American citizen.”
Becca Good, who was also filming the ICE agent on her own phone, then adds, “You wanna get us? I say go get your lunch, kid.”
Comment from an ICE agent
At that moment, another ICE agent approaches the Honda on the driver's side, to Renee Good's left, and orders her to get out of the car. She can be seen backing up a bit, then putting the car in reverse and turning the wheel to the right, apparently trying to drive away, Reuters notes.
As the car moves forward, Ross, who at the time had turned to the left front of her car, yells “Whoa!”. Gunshots are heard and the car briefly disappears from frame as the officer's hand holding the phone is shaken.
Videoclipul arată apoi mașina care se îndreaptă cu viteză pe stradă, în timp ce se aude pe cineva mormăind „Târfă nenorocită”.
CNN has reviewed the footage and reports that the new footage appears to undermine certain elements of the government's official version of what happened.
What the experts say
CNN points out that although the Department of Homeland Security claims Good was “blocking” ICE agents, several cars — including one driven by Ross — were able to pass Good's vehicle before the shootings.
Some experts have said that Ross's decision to use a cell phone to record the encounter, including the moment he fired the three fatal shots, may have affected his ability to react effectively at the time.
Several experts who reviewed the incident noted how quickly the situation escalated and how Ross limited his tactical response by positioning himself so close to the front of the vehicle during the confrontation, CNN also notes.
The quoted source notes that the verbal exchanges between Good and the ICE officer were not heated. “I think the most telling part is when he walks by and she smiles,” former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told CNN. “She doesn't look like a domestic terrorist at all. That's for sure… although you don't know what's on her mind.”
ICE does not have a clear policy on recording interactions or incidents on either personal or government mobile devices, according to a federal law enforcement source.
Divergent testimonies
Vice President JD Vance, who accused Good of deliberately using the car as a weapon, reposted the video, saying it showed the officer's life was in danger.
Other videos show Good pulling the car's front wheels away from Ross as he drives forward, and the ICE officer fires three shots and jumps back in front of the car. The last two shots appear to be aimed through the driver's side window, after the car's front bumper had already passed the officer's feet.
It's unclear if Ross was hit by the car, but videos show he remained standing and calmly walked toward the vehicle after the shots were fired.
Republican Trump administration officials have defended the ICE officer and claimed he shot Good three times in self-defense, accusing Good of an act of “domestic terrorism” — a narrative Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey described as “garbage” based on the video footage.
Good was the mother of three children, including a 6-year-old boy. Becca Good, his wife, gave a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday, saying they “stopped to help their neighbors.”
“We had the whistles,” she wrote. “They had guns,” a reference to activists who blow the whistle on ICE activity.
“Renee lived by a fundamental belief: There is goodness in the world and we must do all we can to find it where it is and nurture it where it needs to grow,” she said. “Renee was a Christian who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: We are here to love one another, to care for one another, and to protect and keep one another whole.”
A GoFundMe page set up to benefit Renee Good's wife and family had received more than $1.5 million in donations as of Friday afternoon. A message on the page announced that contributions were no longer being accepted and that the money would be deposited into a fund for the family.
Separate investigations
Mary Moriarty, the chief prosecutor for Hennepin County in Minneapolis, and Democratic state Attorney General Keith Ellison said Friday they would open their own investigation into the incident.
The state's lead investigative agency, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), said it would support the investigation. On Thursday, the BCA said the FBI was blocking access to evidence and witness interviews after initially agreeing to cooperate in a joint investigation with Minnesota authorities.
On Friday morning, Frey accused the Trump administration of trying to pre-empt the investigation's findings by excluding state investigators.
US officials, including Vance, rejected the idea that a federal officer could face criminal charges at the state level. Moriarty, however, stated that the decision was his.
“Of course, there are complex legal issues when a federal officer is involved. But the law is clear: We have the authority to make that decision,” she said.
The ad highlighted how the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration in Democratic-led cities has damaged trust between local and federal officials.
Thursday afternoon in Portland, Oregon, a US Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in their car after trying to stop the vehicle. As in Minnesota, the Department of Homeland Security said the driver “used the car as a weapon” in an attempt to run over the officer, who fired in self-defense.
On Friday, DHS identified the injured driver and passenger as Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, describing both as suspected members of a Venezuelan gang and in the US illegally. The agency said the woman had been involved in a previous shooting in Portland. No evidence was provided to support the charges against the two.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, echoing Frey's claims, said he could not be sure the government's account was factual without an independent investigation.
The two shootings drew thousands of protesters to Minneapolis, Portland and other US cities, and more demonstrations are expected over the weekend.
In both cases, Democratic mayors and governors called for the withdrawal of federal agents, arguing that their presence sowed chaos and created unnecessary tension on the streets.
