The ICE agent who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis received more than $1 million in donations. Americans, polarized over the incident

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan “Jon” Ross, 43, who fatally shot a woman in a controversial police action in Minneapolis, has received more than $1 million in donations from supporters on two fundraising platforms, the Daily Mail reports.

The ICE officer has received more than $747,000 in donations on the GoFundMe platform, following a fundraising campaign started on his behalf by Clyde Emmons. He motivated his initiative by the fact that the fatally shot woman, Renee Nicole Good, mother of three children, would be “a domestic terrorist”.

The fact that the ICE agent fired on the car was a 100% justified act and he would thus be perfectly entitled to receive the donations.

Also, Tom Hennessey, the initiator of another company, on the GiveSendGo platform, said that the woman was “a radical left agitator” and urged “America First patriots” to support the “fearless” Ross, who “fired in self-defense to neutralize the threat.” The campaign raised more than $279,000.

Ross has received 21,000 donations, most of them anonymous. Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman – who backed Donald Trump in the 2024 election – did appear on GoFundMe's top list of donors, however.

Ackman donated $10,000 to the agent and, in a post on X, described the incident as a “tragedy.” The Pershing Square chief executive added that he tried to support a fundraiser for Good's family as well, but that had already ended after donations topped $1.5 million.

FBI investigators are conducting a thorough investigation into the incident, but sources close to the investigation have suggested that it is “increasingly unlikely” that Ross will be charged.

The Justice Department's civil rights division, which typically investigates incidents involving law enforcement, has not opened an investigation into whether Ross violated Good's rights under federal law, a source inside the department told the New York Times.

Federal investigators are investigating, according to US media reports, Good's possible ties to activist groups protesting Trump's crackdown on immigration.

The Department of Justice plans to investigate a large group of activists who participated in protests against ICE operations in the Minneapolis neighborhood on suspicion of being “instigators.”

It's unclear whether Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, was involved in any activism in Minneapolis other than participating in the protest against ICE the day she was killed.

Different and politically polarized perceptions of the incident

Good's family hired the Chicago firm Romanucci & Blandin, which also represented George Floyd's family, to conduct a civil investigation into her death.

The firm – which won a $27 million settlement for the family of Floyd, who was killed in police custody – said it would release information in the coming weeks.

Good's family blames federal immigration officers for her murder and, in a statement issued Wednesday, urged the public not to use her death as a pretext for political conflict.

Ross similarly sought legal advice from Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Chris Madel, KSTP reported.

The Trump administration has defended the ICE officer's actions, saying he fired in self-defense while allegedly being threatened with being run over by Good's car,

That explanation was criticized by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and others, based on video footage of the interaction between the two.

Ross was reportedly wounded in the torso during the Jan. 7 confrontation, the Trump administration confirmed to the Daily Mail on Wednesday.

Videos of the incident quickly became highly politicized, with one side saying Good was intentionally trying to hit Ross with the car, and the other saying he was just trying to right his car to leave the scene.

Good's partner, Rebecca Good, and other relatives said the two had just dropped their 6-year-old off at school and stopped to observe law enforcement activity.

Footage shows a red SUV driven by Renee Good stopped perpendicularly and blocking part of the road. She honks repeatedly.

Moments later, a van with immigration officers stops the car, two of them get out, and one of them orders Good to open the door. She backs up, then turns the wheel to drive away as the officer repeats, “Get out of the car.”

Almost simultaneously, Rebecca yells, “Drive, baby, drive!” The SUV drives off and gunshots ring out as an officer opens fire.

Rebecca released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying they stopped to support their neighbors: “We had whistles. They had guns.”