Minneapolis Fire Department report: Renee Good had 4 gunshot wounds; 911 dispatch details chaotic scene
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MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Good died after suffering four gunshot wounds, including a shot to the left side of her head, according to newly released incident reports from emergency responders that also detail the scene’s aftermath in south Minneapolis Jan. 7.
The documents, released by the Minneapolis Fire Department and Minneapolis Police Department, paint a chaotic picture in the moments after ICE agent Jonathan Ross shot Good in the driver’s seat of her car on Portland Avenue as neighbors watched.
Calls to 911 began to flood in at 9:38 a.m. from both community members on the scene and the Department of Homeland Security as emergency dispatch sent out alerts to law enforcement that there was an active shooting.
“We had officers stuck in a vehicle and we had agitators on the scene and we have shots fired by our locals,” a member of the DHS calling from the Homeland Security van said, according to a transcript. “Officers on the scene are relaying to us to get in contact with you guys.”
Calls from residents are laced with shouts as the intensity of the moment spreads.
“They just shot a lady. Point-blank range in her car,” a caller says.
“Okay, so she is shot,” the emergency dispatcher asks.
“She’s (expletive) dead. They (expletive) shot her.”
“What kind of vehicle is she in?”
“I don’t know, a (expletive) Honda. There’s like 50 (expletive) ICE agents over here. Just get some (expletive) cops over here with some (expletive) balls.”
“OK, I do have help started,” the dispatcher responds. “How many are there?”
“There’s 15 ICE agents and they shot her, like, cause she wouldn’t open her car door. There’s video of it too,” the caller says. “Send an ambulance please.”
Paramedics found Good unresponsive in her car at 9:42 a.m with blood on her face and torso. She was not breathing, and her pulse was “inconsistent” and “irregular” according to the report obtained through a state Data Practices Act request.
Good had two apparent gunshot wounds to the right side of her chest, one to the left forearm and one to the left side of her head.
Her pupils were dilated, she had a barely perceptible pulse and blood was coming out of her left ear, the report said.
While four gunshot wounds were noted, it doesn’t necessarily mean four bullets were fired. The understanding since the killing has been that Ross fired three shots: One low through the front windshield on the driver’s side of the car, and two through Good’s open window, including the shot to the head. A single bullet can cause multiple gunshot wounds.
Good was brought to a snowbank and then the sidewalk to get “separation from an escalating scene involving law enforcement and bystanders,” the report went on.
At that point, the 37-year-old was “still not breathing and pulseless.”
By 9:56 a.m. she was being transported to the Hennepin County Medical Center as the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota State Patrol were being alerted to send officers to join the Minneapolis Police Department in trying to secure the scene.
CPR was discontinued at the hospital at 10:30 a.m.
The emergency dispatch log shows that Ross remained at Portland Avenue until at least 9:41 a.m., but by 10:04 a.m. he was “no longer on scene” and had been transported to the Whipple Federal Building near Fort Snelling. While the DHS told Fox News this week that Ross, a Minnesota resident and 10-year veteran of ICE, suffered internal bleeding from being hit by Good’s car, there is no documentation in the incident reports that he required any medical attention on the scene after killing Good. A Minnesota Star Tribune analysis using several videos of the encounter shows that Ross moves backward as Good drives forward. It’s not clear if he steps back or is pushed by the vehicle — or both.
The incident report from the Minneapolis Police Department is heavily redacted. It lists four witnesses, including Becca Good, the wife of Renee Good. The public narrative states that officers responded to Portland Avenue for a “federal officer involved shooting” and MPD assisted with the crime scene along with other agencies.
As independent federal and state investigations into the shooting continue, the incident reports from local emergency responders provide the first official glimpse at what evidence was gathered at the scene.
The DHS’ “Operation Metro Surge” has been touted by the Trump administration as the largest immigration crackdown to date. Thousands of federal agents have fanned out across the Twin Cities, a number that far surpasses any single Minnesota police force.
Minnesota and federal officials have clashed over the investigation into Good’s shooting, after the FBI took sole ownership of the probe. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Minnesota officials don’t have jurisdiction to investigate. Amid heightened tensions between protesters and federal agents on Twin Cities streets, Gov. Tim Walz has called on the president to “end this occupation.”
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(Jeremy Olson and Liz Sawyer of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed reporting.)
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