Former Kansas City resident Renee Good killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Warning: This story contains graphic details that may be unsettling for some readers. 

  A former Kansas City resident was shot in the head and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent yesterday, Jan. 7, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in what federal officials are calling an act of self-defense. 

 The victim was later identified by officials as Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three, who had recently moved to Minnesota from Kansas City. 

  Witnesses captured videos showing ICE agents approaching Good’s car and yelling for her to get out. As she began to drive away, an agent fired at least two shots into the vehicle as it was moving. The car then sped down the road and slammed into several parked cars.

 The shooting occurred about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. 

  President Donald Trump and other federal officials called the action one of self-defense, a claim that is being contested by Minnesota lawmakers and officials, as well as direct eyewitnesses and video proof.

 Kristi Noem, United States Head of Homeland Security, confirmed that Minnesota investigators have been excluded from the official investigation into what happened.

  In response to the FBI removing the state from the investigation, Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, said that excluding the state “undermines confidence in the outcome, particularly as federal officials have already commented publicly on the case.”

“Let the professionals handle this on Minnesota soil,” he said. “De-escalate by removing yourselves from this situation.”

  Both Minneapolis and Kansas City’s communities are shocked by Good’s death at the hands of immigration officials.

“Kansas City mourns the loss of a former neighbor, Renee Nicole Good,” said Mayor Quinton Lucas in a statement on Instagram. “Two things that our country desperately needs are justice and decency.” 

  Jackson County Legislator Manuel Abarca IV said in a statement that “her death is a devastating reminder of the unchecked power federal enforcement agencies wield in our communities—and how easily that violence could have occurred here.”

  Abarca stated the importance of Ordinance No. 6050 introduced in December which “prohibits law enforcement officers operating in Jackson County from concealing their faces or badges while performing official duties, except in narrowly defined circumstances such as undercover assignments, tactical operations, or documented emergency situations.”

  In a statement on Facebook, Kansas District 3 Rep. Sharice Davids called for a “full, transparent, independent investigation to get the facts, ensure accountability, and prevent this kind of heartbreak from happening in communities anywhere in our country.”

  Protests in Minneapolis and across the country began soon after the incident and resulted in several clashes with ICE agents and arrests of protesters.

 The Kansas City branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation is holding a protest at Ilus W. Davis Park today, Jan. 8 at 5:30 p.m.

“ICE agents are known for brutality and unaccountability in their abductions and assaults of citizens and non-citizens alike–violence fully encouraged by the Trump administration that massively expanded ICE’s size and funding in 2025,” said Mitch Schiller, member of KC’s branch of PSL in a press release.

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