The FBI has issued a statement which has lead to a bombshell twist in the ICE killing of 37-year-old, Renee Good.
The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent on a snowy Minneapolis street has ignited protests across the country and sparked fierce debate about immigration enforcement, police accountability, and the limits of federal power.
As details continue to emerge about the January 7 incident, a startling revelation is reshaping the conversation and may ultimately determine whether justice can be served.
The deadly encounter
Thirty-seven-year-old Renee Nicole Good was behind the wheel of her SUV when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer opened fire, killing her as she attempted to drive away from the scene.
The shooting occurred during an immigration enforcement operation in a Minneapolis neighborhood, part of the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation campaign.
Video footage from multiple angles shows Good turning her vehicle’s wheel as the agent stood near the front left side of her car.
Three shots rang out, one as the agent pointed his weapon at the windshield, and two more as he aimed at the side window while the vehicle drove away. Good was struck and killed.
Her wife had been filming the confrontation just seconds before the shooting.
Federal officials, including President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, quickly characterized the shooting as justified self-defense.
They claimed Good ‘viciously ran over’ the officer and portrayed her as a ‘rioter’ who weaponized her vehicle against law enforcement, per CNN.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey saw things differently.
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,” he said per USA Today. “Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bull****.”
A troubling pattern
Now, court records have revealed a critical detail about the unnamed ICE agent: just six months earlier, he was dragged by a vehicle during another enforcement operation, per The Guardian.
According to federal court documents, agent Jonathan Ross was severely injured in June 2025 while attempting to detain a Guatemalan migrant named Roberto Carlos Muñoz.
When Ross reached into Muñoz’s vehicle to unlock the door, the driver accelerated, catching Ross’s right arm and dragging him along the street.
Ross fired his Taser at Muñoz, striking him in the head, face, and shoulder, but was dragged for approximately 12 seconds before breaking free.
He suffered a ‘substantial wound’ requiring more than 50 stitches on his arm, along with abrasions to his knee, elbow, and face.
The incident ended with Muñoz’s conviction for assault on a federal officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. He remains in jail awaiting sentencing.
Multiple news outlets, citing unnamed sources, have confirmed that the agent involved in June’s dragging incident is the same one who shot and killed Good.
Ross has worked with ICE in Minnesota since 2017 and is a member of a specialized response team that handles high-risk warrants and deportations.
The immunity question
In the aftermath of Good’s death, Vice President Vance made a stunning claim that drew immediate pushback from legal experts.
Speaking at the White House, Vance asserted that the ICE agent who killed Good is ‘protected by absolute immunity’ from state prosecution, Global News reports.
“The precedent here is very simple,” Vance declared. “You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action, that’s a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity.”
Constitutional law experts quickly disputed this characterization.
“The idea that a federal agent has absolute immunity for crimes they commit on the job is absolutely ridiculous,” said Michael J.Z. Mannheimer, a constitutional law expert at Northern Kentucky University.
The reality, experts say, is far more nuanced. While federal officials can be charged by state prosecutors for conduct taken in the course of their duties, they can attempt to move such cases to federal court and raise immunity defenses.
A federal judge would then conduct a two-part analysis: first, whether the agent was acting within their official duties (a relatively low bar), and second, whether their actions were reasonable under the circumstances (a much more complex determination).
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who successfully prosecuted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, and Hennepin County prosecutor Mary Moriarty have both said they are collecting evidence and haven’t yet made a charging decision. However, they face significant obstacles.
The bombshell twist
In an interview with Fox News, the Department of Justice issued a shocking update on the FBI investigation into the controversial case.
Given the level of debate around the shooting, which has centered on who exactly was in the wrong, a real investigation into the footage and the moments leading up to Good’s death, seemed imperative.
However, in a bombshell twist just yesterday (January 18), the DOJ announced that the FBI will not be investigating the case further.
Deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, confirmed: “The department of justice, our civil rights unit, we don’t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody putting his life in danger. We never do.”
He added: “We investigate when it’s appropriate to investigate and that is not the case here.
“We are not going to bow to pressure from the media, bow to pressure from politicians, and do something that we never do – not under this administration, not under the last administration. So no, we are not investigating.”
