Official docs reveal startling details about how many times Renee Good was shot
The fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good has ignited a wildfire of outrage across the United States, and as the investigation deepens, harrowing new details are emerging regarding the final moments of the mother of three.
In Minneapolis, the atmosphere remains a powder keg. With the controversial federal immigration enforcement operation now entering its second month in Minnesota, President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric, threatening to deploy the military to quell the persistent protests.
In a social media post on Thursday, the President warned that he might invoke the rarely used Insurrection Act—a law last mobilized during the 1992 Los Angeles riots—to “quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State.” Yet, even as the administration pushes for order, the focus remains fixed on the specific actions of ICE Agent Jonathan Ross on the morning of January 7.
The Forensic Reality
According to a newly scrutinized incident report, Good was struck four times while seated in her SUV during a high-stakes federal standoff. While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) maintains that the vehicle was being utilized as a weapon, bystander and body-camera footage have fueled a fierce national debate.
Local officials and eyewitnesses have publicly challenged the federal narrative, asserting that the footage appears to show Good attempting to steer her vehicle away from agents, not toward them, at the moment Ross opened fire through the windshield and driver’s side window. The dichotomy has led one Minneapolis leader to state plainly: “This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.”
A Grid of Fatal Injuries
A Minneapolis Fire Department report, obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune, provides a chilling forensic account of the scene on that residential block. Paramedics arrived at approximately 9:42 a.m. to find Good unresponsive in her SUV, her face and torso covered in blood.
The medical documentation is stark. First responders recorded:
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Two gunshot wounds to the right side of her chest.
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One wound to her left forearm.
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One fatal wound to the left side of her head, described as having “protruding tissue” and causing active hemorrhaging from her left ear.
A 911 caller on the scene reportedly told dispatchers that Good had been fired upon because “she wouldn’t open her car door,” pleading, “Send an ambulance please, ambulance please.”
Chaos on the Sidewalk
The report, obtained via a state Data Practices Act request, describes a pulse that was “inconsistent” and “irregular.” As the situation on the street devolved into what the report termed “an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders,” paramedics were forced to pull Good from her SUV.
She was initially moved to a snowbank and then onto a sidewalk to create a buffer from the growing crowd. Despite desperate life-saving measures, CPR was discontinued and Good was pronounced dead at 10:30 a.m.
The Victim and the Accusation
Renee Nicole Good, who identified herself as a “poet and writer,” had recently relocated to Chicago with her wife, who was photographed in the throes of grief at the Minneapolis scene. Her mother, Donna Granger, remembered her daughter as “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known.”
However, the federal government has offered a much harsher characterization. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem alleged that Good was not a passive observer, but rather part of a group of protesters who had spent the day “stalking and impeding” ICE agents during their duties.
As the FBI investigation continues, the gap between the administration’s “self-defense” narrative and the forensic evidence provided by local emergency responders remains the central question of the case.