Further details have surfaced on Thursday about the ICE officer from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement who fatally shot a woman while she was inside her vehicle in Minneapolis. The officer involved in the recent shooting had been dragged around 100 meters by a different driver’s vehicle during a previous immigration operation in the Twin Cities region six months ago, as confirmed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Following the incident in Bloomington, Minn., six months ago, the officer required over 30 stitches due to injuries sustained. The individual involved in that incident was subsequently convicted of assault weeks ago. Vice-President JD Vance and U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem extensively discussed the officer during a news conference on Thursday, reiterating their stance that the agent acted in self-defense when he shot the victim.
Local and state authorities have consistently refuted the version of events presented by the Trump administration, citing video evidence that directly contradicts the claim that the victim purposely used her vehicle as a weapon against the officer. Vance highlighted the previous incident where the ICE officer was almost fatally injured by being dragged by a car, suggesting the officer might have been sensitive about being rammed by a vehicle.
Federal officials have chosen not to disclose the agent’s identity, and independent verification by CBC News has been unsuccessful. Nonetheless, the details provided by Vance and Noem align closely with federal court documents detailing an incident with an ICE officer in Bloomington last June. Court documents indicate that an agent named Jonathan Ross was involved in an altercation while trying to apprehend Roberto Carlos Muñoz, an undocumented immigrant with a criminal history.
According to court documents, Muñoz drove away when approached by law enforcement, leading to an altercation where the officer’s arm became trapped in the vehicle as Muñoz drove off, dragging the officer for nearly 100 meters before the officer was dislodged. The agent identified as Jonathan Ross in U.S. District Court records has not faced any charges in connection with the recent shooting incident.
Contradictions between local and federal officials escalated following the fatal shooting in Minneapolis and the injuring of two individuals by border patrol officers in Portland, Ore. DHS officials defended the shooting in the Twin Cities region as an act of self-defense, asserting that the victim was attempting to ram agents in what they described as an act of “domestic terrorism.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey disputed this characterization based on bystander videos that seemed to challenge the official narrative. Video footage verified by CBC News captured the moments leading up to the shooting, showing ICE officers interacting with the driver before shots were fired. Good, a mother of three hailing from Colorado, had no prior law enforcement issues apart from a traffic violation. Social media profiles portray her as a poet, writer, wife, and mother, expressing pride in her current location of Minneapolis.