The heartbreaking words the wife of the woman shot dead by an ICE agent spoke have been revealed.
A Minneapolis street turned into a scene of horror on Wednesday morning when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent opened fire on a woman, identified as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, behind the wheel of a red vehicle.
The fatal encounter occurred at the intersection of 34th Street and Portland Avenue, just blocks from where George Floyd was killed in 2020.
Video of the shooting shows several ICE officers approaching Good’s car. One shouts: “Get out of the f***ing car!” as the vehicle begins to move forward.
A second officer, allegedly clipped by the car, draws his handgun and fires three shots at close range - one through the windshield and at least two into the driver’s side window.
Good’s car then speeds out of control and crashes.
Moments after Good was fatally shot, a woman covered in blood and shaking with grief stood on the icy street and sobbed.
“I made her come down here, it’s my fault,” the woman cried. “They just shot my wife.”
The woman, who identified herself as Good’s spouse, was seen desperately trying to help her partner just minutes after Good’s vehicle had crashed down the block, with bullet holes through the windshield and blood splattered across the airbag.
According to The New York Post, the wife had reportedly been following and filming federal agents moments before the deadly confrontation and sprinted toward the wreckage after the gunfire.
DHS calls it self-defense - witnesses and officials reject that
Federal officials have defended the shooting. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin claimed on X that Good attempted to kill ICE agents with her car, calling it “an act of domestic terrorism.”
"An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots," she said. "He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers."
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem echoed the charge, alleging that Good had been “stalking and impeding” federal agents throughout the day, BBC News reported. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller also labeled the incident domestic terrorism.
President Donald Trump spoke out just hours later, saying the woman was “very disorderly, obstructing and resisting,” and accused her of trying to violently run over an ICE officer.
He said the officer was “recovering in the hospital,” despite footage showing him walking around uninjured.
But city officials and witnesses say the federal narrative doesn’t match the footage. “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said at a press conference. “Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly: that is bulls***.
“They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets and in this case quite literally killing people,” he said.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz blasted the Trump administration’s tactics as “governing by reality TV” and accused DHS of pushing false propaganda.
“Don’t believe this propaganda machine,” he said. “The state will ensure there is a full, fair and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice," per ABC News.
A mother, poet, and wife remembered
Good was a poet and mother of three. On social media, she described herself as a “wife and mom,” “poet and writer,” and a “sh**ty guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis.”
Her mother, Donna Ganger, confirmed her identity to the Minnesota Star Tribune and paid tribute to her daughter’s character.
“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,” Ganger said. “She was probably terrified.”
At the time of her death, Good was living in Minnesota with her wife, Becca Good. She previously had a son with her former husband, Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., who died in 2023, per The Telegraph.
The six-year-old child has now lost both parents. “It is horrible, it’s murder. Everybody is terribly shocked right now,” said Timmy Ray Macklin Sr. “My main concern right now is getting my grandchild.”
Our thoughts are with Good's loved ones at this time.