The woman fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday as she allegedly tried to run him down with her vehicle has now been identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
Her identity was released by her mother, Donna Ganger, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
“Donna Ganger told the Minnesota Star Tribune that her daughter lived in the Twin Cities with her partner. In a joint statement, several Minneapolis Councilmembers confirmed she lived in the city,” the newspaper reported.
Domestic Terrorist Renee Good was shot 3 times in the face after weaponizing her vehicle to run over an ICE agent.
Pride Flag/ Prounouns… every single time.
A woman can be heard saying she was Good’s wife and they had a 6-year child
‘That’s my wife, I don’t know what to… pic.twitter.com/gCph6uwPCN
— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) January 7, 2026
The family was notified of Good’s death late Wednesday morning.
“That’s so stupid” that she was killed, Ganger said. “She was probably terrified.”
Ganger said her daughter is “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to protesters challenging ICE agents, the Star Tribune reported.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Good’s Instagram account features a gay-pride flag, pronouns of “she/her” and describes her as a “poet and writer and wife and mom and sh*tty guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN.”
Video on X captured a woman speaking talking to an onlooker who claimed to be Good’s wife, saying she had a six-year-old child.
“That’s my wife, I don’t know what to do,” the onlooker cried.
The man recording the clip asked if the frantic woman was with the victim, and if she had any friends who could help.
“That’s my wife… [unintelligible] … I have a six-year-old at school … we’re new here, we don’t have anyone,” she responded.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said: “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.
WATCH: (Warning of graphic language)
BREAKING: Video shows the moment a woman tried to RUN OVER ICE agents with her vehicle in Minneapolis, resulting in her being SHOT
Tim Walz calling ICE the “GESTAPO” is EXACTLY WHY this stuff happens.
SHAME on Walz and Mayor Frey. pic.twitter.com/qsTbdj1Y11
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 7, 2026
“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.”
Here is a zoomed in slowed down version. pic.twitter.com/tLIgGg0WMg
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) January 7, 2026
“The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. The ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries.”
BREAKING: Absolute MAYHEM is breaking out on scene in South Minneapolis after an ICE involved shooting
Local Democrats have appeared on scene to further inflame the situation.
Pathetic.
Show these people ZERO MERCY! pic.twitter.com/f2ynOh1lYy
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 7, 2026
“This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000% increase in death threats.”
“I’ve seen the video. Don’t believe this propaganda machine,” Gov. Walz, a Democrat, said. “The state will ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice.”
President Donald Trump weighed in on the matter, saying: “I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. 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 defense.
“Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!”
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