A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman Wednesday morning during an operation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and President Trump described the shooting as self-defense, but the mayor and governor disputed that, citing videos from the scene.  

The shooting comes as the Trump administration has deployed about 2,000 federal immigration and investigative agents to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area as part of a crackdown on the state's fraud scandal and immigration.

Here's more of what we've learned about the shooting so far.

Woman who was shot, Renee Good, was a 37-year-old U.S. citizen

The city of Minneapolis said police responded to a call reporting a shooting at about 9:30 a.m. local time in a south Minneapolis neighborhood and found that a woman in a vehicle had been shot in the head.  

Minneapolis firefighters rushed the woman to Hennepin County Medical Center, where she died, the city said.

The woman who was killed was identified as 37-year-old Renee Good, a mother of three who had recently moved to the area with her partner and 6-year-old son. 

Her ex-husband told The Associated Press that Good had just dropped the child off at school and was driving home with her partner when she encountered the ICE agents.

She was a U.S. citizen, federal sources confirmed to CBS News. Minnesota city leaders said Good was a legal observer of federal actions in the city and wasn't a target for an ICE-related arrest.

She grew up in Colorado Springs as one of five children, her father, Timothy Granger, told "CBS Evening News" anchor Tony Dokoupil. He said she had recently moved to Minneapolis to restart her life after what he described as an awful stretch following the sudden death of her second husband. 

He described her as warm, witty, and with a bubbly personality, and as someone who always cared deeply about other people. 

CBS affiliate KCTV in Kansas City spoke to a former neighbor who knew Good when she lived there until 2024. She said Good lived there with her partner, their young son and their dogs, and had two older children who visited routinely. She said she didn't know the family well but called them "lovely neighbors."

Good graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, in December 2020 with an English degree, the school said.

Feds say she was shot during "targeted operations" by ICE

Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, said in a statement that the shooting occurred while ICE officers were conducting "targeted operations."

McLaughlin described the woman who was killed as one of several "violent rioters" who were "blocking" ICE officers.

According to McLaughlin, the woman "weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them." 

An ICE officer, "fearing for his life," then "fired defensive shots," McLaughlin said.

In a news conference following the shooting, Noem described the driver's actions as an "act of domestic terrorism."

Noem alleged the ICE officers had gotten stuck in snow and "were attempting to push out their vehicle" when "a woman attacked them and those surrounding them and attempted to run them over and ram them with her vehicle."

In a post on Truth Social, also claiming that the shooting was self-defense, Mr. Trump alleged that the woman "viciously ran over the ICE Officer" before being shot. However, a video clip from a local newscast that Mr. Trump attached to the post showed no sign that an officer had been run over.

Video, witness accounts and local and state officials challenge federal claims

Statements from witnesses and local officials, who point to several videos of the encounter, dispute the accounts from federal officials of the circumstances that led up to the shooting.

In a fiery news conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey contested McLaughlin's narrative that the shooting was an act of self-defense, calling the federal government's account "bull****."

"Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly: that is bulls***," Frey said. "This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed."

In another news conference, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he had seen the video as well and also challenged the account of self-defense.

"Don't believe this propaganda machine," Walz said. "The state will ensure there is a full, fair and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice."

One video taken by a man at the scene and provided to CBS Minnesota shows the woman in a maroon Honda Pilot SUV blocking the street with her car. An ICE agent walks behind the car and circles around to the passenger side of the vehicle.

In another angle, she can be seen apparently attempting to wave someone to go around her before two agents then park their silver pickup truck and get out, walking towards the Honda's driver-side door.

In that video, one of the officers from the pickup truck can be heard telling the woman to "get out of the f****** car" as he approaches. He reaches for the Honda's door handle and the car starts moving in reverse. As the Honda is reversing, another agent moves in front of the vehicle from the opposite side. The Honda then starts to move forward, and the agent in front of the vehicle draws his weapon and fires into the Honda.

That agent then moves to the side of the car, although it's unclear if he was hit or not, and fires two more shots as the car continues moving forward.

The videos show the SUV driving off a bit further before crashing into another car down the street.

Multiple witnesses reaffirmed what was seen in the videos and told CBS Minnesota that whistles had sounded to alert neighbors of ICE's presence at about 9:30 a.m.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the FBI and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension are jointly investigating the shooting.

ICE officer part of specially trained tactical unit

A senior DHS official confirmed to CBS News that the agent who opened fire was a member of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Team — a specially trained tactical unit within ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations. 

Noem said the officer was taken to the hospital after the shooting and has since been released. 

"The very same officer who was attacked today had previously been dragged by an anti-ICE rioter who had rammed him with a car and drug him with a car back in June," Noem said. "He sustained injuries at that time as well." 

According to court records and the suspect's defense attorney from that June 17, 2025 incident, the agent's name is Jonathan Ross.     

During that June incident, immigration officers in St. Paul were attempting to arrest a 39-year-old man previously convicted of sexually assaulting a minor, according to a senior DHS official. 

According to the official, the suspect refused to roll his window down or get out of his car, so the officer broke a rear window and reached inside the car to unlock the door. At that point, the suspect drove off, dragging the officer approximately 100 yards with his arm inside the car. The suspect was accelerating and weaving to try to shake the officer off. The officer twice fired a Taser in an unsuccessful attempt to stop him. He was eventually knocked free of the vehicle, and suffered significant lacerations that required 33 stitches, the official said. The suspect was later federally charged with assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

Court records show Ross has been working with ICE in Minnesota since at least 2017.  

Will the officer face charges or discipline?

It was unclear if the officer would face any charges or discipline at the early stages of the investigation. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, however, criticized the Trump administration for allegedly cutting state investigators out of the process.

"The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the BCA, spent the day yesterday trying to get that accountability. We have learned that the Trump administration has now denied the state that ability to participate in the investigation," Walz said at a Thursday news conference. 

"It feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome," he said of that decision, accusing Mr. Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Noem of making statements about the incident that are "verifiably false."

The BCA said in a statement it was initially invited to participate in the investigation but that the FBI later said it would be the sole lead and "the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation."

"Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands. As a result, the BCA has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation," the agency said.

Noem, however, said Thursday, "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."

"This is an experienced officer who followed his training, and we will continue to let the investigation unfold into the individual and continue to follow the procedures and policies that happen in these use of force cases," she added. 

Shooting prompts local outrage

Local residents took to the streets Wednesday and Thursday to protest the shooting and ICE's presence. Many attended a vigil for Good, creating an impromptu memorial where the shooting occurred. Local officials implored those demonstrating to remain peaceful.

In his news conference Wednesday, Frey had a blunt message to federal immigration officers, "get the f*** out of Minneapolis."

"They are not here to cause safety in this city. What they are doing is not to provide safety in America. What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust," the mayor said.  

About 1,500 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations agents and 650 Homeland Security Investigations agents have been deployed to the Twin Cities in recent weeks, CBS News has learned, an increase 15 times the normal ICE presence in the region.

Walz in his Wednesday news conference said the state "doesn't need any further help from the federal government."

"To Donald Trump and Kristi Noem, you've done enough," Walz said. 

The governor also directed the Minnesota National Guard to prepare in the event that it was need to assist state and local authorities amid the fallout from the shooting. 

Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota said in a statement that "ICE must stop terrorizing our communities."

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said Mr. Trump's decision to send thousands of federal agents to Minnesota is "causing serious harm and spreading terror" through the community.

Minneapolis Public Schools announced late Wednesday that, "out of an abundance of caution," classes would be canceled districtwide for all schools both Thursday and Friday "due to safety concerns related to today's incidents around the city." All after-school activities and athletics would be canceled as well. 

Walz on Thursday demanded federal agents "stay out of our schools."