Family of Renee Good Files Lawsuits Against Trump Administration Over Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

The family of Renee Good has initiated legal action against the government following her tragic death, after she became one of two US citizens fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minnesota during a major immigrant deportation blitz in January.

Becca Good, the partner of Renee Good, and Brent Ganger, her brother, filed two separate lawsuits on Thursday. The legal filings argue that officials within US President Donald Trump’s administration acted recklessly and infringed upon the civil rights of Good and other individuals in Minneapolis, while seeking both a jury trial and financial damages.

These lawsuits represent the initial major civil actions directed at the Trump administration regarding the unprecedented deportation crackdowns in Minneapolis last winter, known as Operation Metro Surge. The first lawsuit focuses on damages for wrongful death under Minnesota law, alleging assault, battery, false imprisonment, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The second lawsuit outlines a civil rights conspiracy involving multiple defendants, including the immigration officer and shooter Jonathon Ross, alongside prominent Trump administration figures such as White House Deputy Policy Chief Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, former Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, and Trump’s longtime campaign adviser, Corey Lewandowski.

Renee Good, a mother of three, lost her life when she was shot inside her car in south Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. The incident occurred as she and her wife participated in local demonstrations protesting the presence of masked and armed federal agents deployed to arrest migrants for deportation.

Eyewitness cellphone footage documented the event, showing agent Ross firing through the windshield and striking Good in the head, arm, and torso. At the time, federal officials maintained that the officer acted in self-defence, labeling Good's actions as "an act of domestic terrorism." President Trump also defended the shooting on Truth Social, attributing such incidents to the "Radical Left" targeting law enforcement and ICE agents.

Shortly after the shooting, US Department of Justice officials, including then-Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche, prevented federal prosecutors from advancing a criminal civil rights case against the involved agents, resulting in the resignation of at least half a dozen prosecutors in protest. Although Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in March to secure evidence from the shooting scenes, investigations stalled after the Justice Department suspended routine cooperation and evidence-sharing with the Minneapolis Police Department. To date, none of the agents involved in the killing of Good have faced criminal charges.