A federal statement has been issued on a fatal shooting by an immigration officer, but Minneapolis residents are pushing back on the government’s account.An incident with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis on January 7, 2025, left a woman dead, a federal officer injured, and tensions are rising.Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem publicly defended the ICE agent involved just hours after the incident. Her remarks have drawn immediate criticism from community members.

As reported by the Star Tribune, Noem, speaking at the federal building in Fort Snelling that evening, presented the DHS’s account of the events leading to the death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.According to Noem, ICE agents were attempting to free a government vehicle stuck in the snow around 10:30 a.m. in south Minneapolis when a group began shouting and surrounding them. Noem described the crowd as a “mob of agitators.Good, identified by her family as the woman killed, remained inside a vehicle and refused repeated orders to exit, Noem said. “She proceeded to weaponize her vehicle, and she attempted to run a law enforcement officer over,” Noem stated.