In the video, Renee Nicole Good can be seen smiling at the officer moments before he opens fire.
Cellphone video from ICE officer shows fatal Minneapolis shooting
Jan. 9, 2026, 1:47 PM PST / Updated Jan. 9, 2026, 5:42 PM PST
By Julia Ainsley, Jon Schuppe, David K. Li, Daniella Silva and Suzanne Gamboa
MINNEAPOLIS — Cellphone video taken by the officer who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good shows the motorist and the woman believed to be her wife speaking to the agent moments before the fatal shooting.
NBC News has obtained the footage, which appears to have been recorded on a cellphone belonging to Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Good, 37, in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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The video begins with Ross getting out of his car and approaching Good’s maroon Honda Pilot SUV from the passenger’s side.
In the video, cars are heard honking, sirens are wailing and people are blowing whistles.
The video shows a black dog in the rear passenger-side seat of the SUV looking at Ross through an open window as the ICE officer walks around the front of the car to face Good.
She is wearing a knit hat and a flannel shirt with a red hoodie underneath and is seen smiling at Ross with her left arm hanging out the window.
“That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” Good said.
At the same time, Ross is approached by a woman who later identified herself as Good’s wife.
She is seen coming behind the rear of the SUV and said: “Hey, show your face, Big Boy. Show your face.”
Ross walks around to film the SUV’s rear license plate, then to the woman.
The woman — wearing a backward cap, sunglasses, a flannel shirt with a hoodie underneath, sweatpants and boots — holds up a cellphone pointed at Ross.
The woman continued: “That’s OK, we don’t change our plates every morning. Just so you know, it’ll be the same plate when you come talk to us later.”
She continues talking to Ross in the video as he circles the back of the SUV: “That’s fine. U.S. citizen.”
The woman appears to say, “Former f-----g veteran, disabled veteran.”
She continues: “You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, Big Boy. Go ahead.”
At this point, Ross has moved to face the passenger side of the SUV again and is making his way around to the front. Two additional officers are seen approaching the SUV from the driver’s side.
One officer tells Good, “Get out of the car. Get out of the f-----g car. Get out of the car.”
The woman who later identified herself as Good’s wife is seen turning to get into the front passenger seat, but the door does not open.
Ross is then seen facing the front of the SUV, with the woman appearing to say “drive,” then something inaudible and then “drive.”
Good turns the steering wheel to her right away from the officer as she begins to drive.
Ross shouts what sounds like “whoa” and fires as multiple shots can be heard in the video. The view of his phone camera jerks around, points up to the sky and captures a glimpse of his masked face.
Ross’ phone levels out and captures the SUV accelerating down the street. A male voice said, “f-----g bitch” moments before Good’s car crashes.
Jan. 9, 2026, 1:47 PM PST / Updated Jan. 9, 2026, 5:42 PM PST
By Julia Ainsley, Jon Schuppe, David K. Li, Daniella Silva and Suzanne Gamboa
MINNEAPOLIS — Cellphone video taken by the officer who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good shows the motorist and the woman believed to be her wife speaking to the agent moments before the fatal shooting.
NBC News has obtained the footage, which appears to have been recorded on a cellphone belonging to Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Good, 37, in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Follow live coverage.
The video begins with Ross getting out of his car and approaching Good’s maroon Honda Pilot SUV from the passenger’s side.
In the video, cars are heard honking, sirens are wailing and people are blowing whistles.
The video shows a black dog in the rear passenger-side seat of the SUV looking at Ross through an open window as the ICE officer walks around the front of the car to face Good.
She is wearing a knit hat and a flannel shirt with a red hoodie underneath and is seen smiling at Ross with her left arm hanging out the window.
“That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” Good said.
At the same time, Ross is approached by a woman who later identified herself as Good’s wife.
She is seen coming behind the rear of the SUV and said: “Hey, show your face, Big Boy. Show your face.”
Ross walks around to film the SUV’s rear license plate, then to the woman.
The woman — wearing a backward cap, sunglasses, a flannel shirt with a hoodie underneath, sweatpants and boots — holds up a cellphone pointed at Ross.
The woman continued: “That’s OK, we don’t change our plates every morning. Just so you know, it’ll be the same plate when you come talk to us later.”
She continues talking to Ross in the video as he circles the back of the SUV: “That’s fine. U.S. citizen.”
The woman appears to say, “Former f-----g veteran, disabled veteran.”
She continues: “You want to come at us? You want to come at us? I say go get yourself some lunch, Big Boy. Go ahead.”
At this point, Ross has moved to face the passenger side of the SUV again and is making his way around to the front. Two additional officers are seen approaching the SUV from the driver’s side.
One officer tells Good, “Get out of the car. Get out of the f-----g car. Get out of the car.”
The woman who later identified herself as Good’s wife is seen turning to get into the front passenger seat, but the door does not open.
Ross is then seen facing the front of the SUV, with the woman appearing to say “drive,” then something inaudible and then “drive.”
Good turns the steering wheel to her right away from the officer as she begins to drive.
Ross shouts what sounds like “whoa” and fires as multiple shots can be heard in the video. The view of his phone camera jerks around, points up to the sky and captures a glimpse of his masked face.
Ross’ phone levels out and captures the SUV accelerating down the street. A male voice said, “f-----g bitch” moments before Good’s car crashes.
NBC News has obtained footage that appears to have been recorded on a mobile phone belonging to Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who fatally shot Good, 37, in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Obtained by NBC News
Aidan Perzana, 31, who witnessed the shooting, said he had just woken up and went to look out the window after hearing honking. It was clear to him, he said, that Good was trying to get away from officers, not strike any of them.
"She turned to drive down the street," he said. "I was surprised to hear the shots. I didn't think that she was going to hit anybody. I didn't think that a shooting was warranted."
Perzana criticized officers for allegedly refusing to move ICE vehicles stopped on the street so an ambulance could get to the crashed vehicle.
"The ambulance never made it down the block," he said.
A woman named Betsy, who did not want her last name used to protect her family, said she was facing the front of the SUV when the shots were fired. The SUV crashed 4 feet away from her, she said.
Another woman opened the driver’s side door and told Betsy to call 911, which she did, but didn’t get through, she said. The moment turned to fear as agents approached the SUV with weapons unholstered, Betsy said, ordering onlookers to get back.
“At that moment, I got really scared, and I kind of ran to a yard of a house I was standing in front of to get behind a fence,” said Betsy, who shared video of the aftermath of the shooting with NBC News. “I was really afraid.”
Before the crash, Betsy said she could hear an agent yelling at the driver and saw the driver try to maneuver away from the vehicles.
“She was attempting to move her car away from the cluster of cars and the agents south on Portland Avenue, and the agents who fired the shot were standing next to the vehicle, not at all in front of it,” she said.
Evan Friis said that he lives in a home with a direct view of the confrontation and that he witnessed what happened directly before and after the shooting, but was not watching when the rounds were fired.
He said neighbors were yelling at the officers beforehand but that the situation did not appear dangerous for the officers.
"I mean, it was just like a bunch of the neighbors out on their lawns yelling at them," Friis said. "There was no one in their face or anything like that. To say that they were intimidated doesn't really make sense."
After the shooting, the yelling continued, he said.
"The cops showed up and started putting up police tape and telling us it's a crime scene," Friis said. "People were yelling at the cops to arrest the ICE agents.”
Good’s killing touched off protests across the nation, with the White House going on the offensive.
Vice President JD Vance accused Good of being “brainwashed" and part of a “broader, left-wing network,” without offering any evidence.
“I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it’s a tragedy of her own making,” Vance told reporters Thursday.
Both Vance and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted the video on their social media feeds and indicated that they believe it shows the ICE officer was justified in killing Good. The video was also posted by the Department of Homeland Security.
Ross and his wife have not responded to multiple requests for comment from NBC News.
The Minnesota Star Tribune spoke to Good's mother, Donna Ganger, who called Good “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known.”
“She was extremely compassionate,” Ganger told the Tribune. “She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Attempts to contact Good’s wife have been unsuccessful. In a statement to Minnesota Public Radio, Becca Good said Renee Good “lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow.”
Becca Good said the couple chose to make their home in Minneapolis, a city where they felt the community was “looking out for each other.” She wrote that on Wednesday, they had “stopped to support our neighbors.”
“Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor,” she wrote in the statement. “That has been taken from me forever.”
Julia Ainsley reported from Washington, D.C., Jon Schuppe and David K. Li from New York City, Daniella Silva from Minneapolis and Suzanne Gamboa from San Antonio, Texas.
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Aidan Perzana, 31, who witnessed the shooting, said he had just woken up and went to look out the window after hearing honking. It was clear to him, he said, that Good was trying to get away from officers, not strike any of them.
"She turned to drive down the street," he said. "I was surprised to hear the shots. I didn't think that she was going to hit anybody. I didn't think that a shooting was warranted."
Perzana criticized officers for allegedly refusing to move ICE vehicles stopped on the street so an ambulance could get to the crashed vehicle.
"The ambulance never made it down the block," he said.
A woman named Betsy, who did not want her last name used to protect her family, said she was facing the front of the SUV when the shots were fired. The SUV crashed 4 feet away from her, she said.
Another woman opened the driver’s side door and told Betsy to call 911, which she did, but didn’t get through, she said. The moment turned to fear as agents approached the SUV with weapons unholstered, Betsy said, ordering onlookers to get back.
“At that moment, I got really scared, and I kind of ran to a yard of a house I was standing in front of to get behind a fence,” said Betsy, who shared video of the aftermath of the shooting with NBC News. “I was really afraid.”
Before the crash, Betsy said she could hear an agent yelling at the driver and saw the driver try to maneuver away from the vehicles.
“She was attempting to move her car away from the cluster of cars and the agents south on Portland Avenue, and the agents who fired the shot were standing next to the vehicle, not at all in front of it,” she said.
Evan Friis said that he lives in a home with a direct view of the confrontation and that he witnessed what happened directly before and after the shooting, but was not watching when the rounds were fired.
He said neighbors were yelling at the officers beforehand but that the situation did not appear dangerous for the officers.
"I mean, it was just like a bunch of the neighbors out on their lawns yelling at them," Friis said. "There was no one in their face or anything like that. To say that they were intimidated doesn't really make sense."
After the shooting, the yelling continued, he said.
"The cops showed up and started putting up police tape and telling us it's a crime scene," Friis said. "People were yelling at the cops to arrest the ICE agents.”
Good’s killing touched off protests across the nation, with the White House going on the offensive.
Vice President JD Vance accused Good of being “brainwashed" and part of a “broader, left-wing network,” without offering any evidence.
“I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognizing that it’s a tragedy of her own making,” Vance told reporters Thursday.
Both Vance and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted the video on their social media feeds and indicated that they believe it shows the ICE officer was justified in killing Good. The video was also posted by the Department of Homeland Security.
Ross and his wife have not responded to multiple requests for comment from NBC News.
The Minnesota Star Tribune spoke to Good's mother, Donna Ganger, who called Good “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known.”
“She was extremely compassionate,” Ganger told the Tribune. “She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
Attempts to contact Good’s wife have been unsuccessful. In a statement to Minnesota Public Radio, Becca Good said Renee Good “lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow.”
Becca Good said the couple chose to make their home in Minneapolis, a city where they felt the community was “looking out for each other.” She wrote that on Wednesday, they had “stopped to support our neighbors.”
“Here, I had finally found peace and safe harbor,” she wrote in the statement. “That has been taken from me forever.”
Julia Ainsley reported from Washington, D.C., Jon Schuppe and David K. Li from New York City, Daniella Silva from Minneapolis and Suzanne Gamboa from San Antonio, Texas.
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