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The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis On Wednesday, there was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota.
She was a U.S. citizen born in Colorado and never appears to have been charged with anything involving law enforcement beyond a traffic ticket.
On social media, Good described herself as a “poet and writer, wife and mother.” She said she was “currently experiencing Minneapolis,” posting a pride flag emoji on her Instagram account. A profile photo posted to Pinterest shows her smiling and holding a young child to her cheek, along with posts about tattoos, hairstyles and home decor.
Her ex-husband, who asked not to be named out of concern for their children’s safety, said Good had just dropped her six-year-old son off at school on Wednesday and was driving home with her current partner when they encountered a group of ICE agents on a snowy street in Minneapolis, where they moved last year from Kansas City, Missouri.
A video taken by passers-by and posted on social media shows a police officer approaching his car, demanding he open the door and grab the handle. When she begins to move forward, another ICE agent, standing in front of the vehicle, draws his gun and immediately fires at least two shots at point-blank range at the vehicle.
In another video taken after the filminga distraught woman is seen sitting near the vehicle and shouting: “It’s my wife, I don’t know what to do!”
Calls and messages to Good’s current partner were not answered.
WATCH | Breaking down the moment an ICE agent shot Good:
A woman was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, in the latest immigration crackdown by the Trump administration in a major U.S. city. Host Ian Hanomansing breaks down the footage.
Her family describes her as creative and passionate
Trump administration officials described Good as a “domestic terrorist” who attempted to ram federal agents with her car. Her ex-husband said she was not an activist and that he had never seen her participate in a protest of any kind.
He described her as a devoted Christian who took part in youth mission trips to Northern Ireland when she was younger. She loved singing, participating in choir in high school and studying vocal performance in college.
She studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Virginia and won an award in 2020 for one of her works, according to a post on the school’s English department Facebook page.
“When she’s not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she goes on movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons,” the post reads.
She also hosted a podcast with her second husband, who died in 2023.
In a statement, Brian O. Hemphill, president of Old Dominion University wrote that Good’s death is “yet another clear example that fear and violence have unfortunately become commonplace in our nation. »
“May Renée’s life remind us of what unites us: freedom, love and peace. »
Good had a daughter and a son from his first marriage, who are now 15 and 12 years old. His six-year-old son was from his second marriage. Her ex-husband said she had mostly been a stay-at-home mom in recent years, but previously worked as a dental assistant and at a credit union.
‘I loved his children’
Donna Ganger, his mother, told Minnesota All-Star Tribune the family was informed of the death Wednesday morning.
“She was an extraordinary human being,” Ganger told the newspaper, adding that she “wasn’t part of anything like that at all,” referring to the protests against ICE.
“She was extremely compassionate. She cared for people her whole life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate.”
Public records show Good had most recently lived in Kansas City, where she and another woman with the same address started a business last year called B. Good Handywork.
Good and his family were “lovely,” said a former Kansas neighbor. KCTV, CNN affiliate And KMBC.
She was “a neighbor who, you know, is not a terrorist. Not an extremist,” Joan Rose told KMBC, according to at CNN. “She was just a mother who loved her children, who loved her partner.”
Minneapolis neighbor Mary Radford told the Star Tribune she would miss seeing the family.
“They’re a beautiful family. They have a son. He’s very sweet. He loves our dog. He always has to run around and pet him and play with him,” Radford said. “They’re always outside playing.”
An online fundraiser for Good’s husband and son had raised more than US$600,000 as of Thursday afternoon.
“Renée was pure sunshine, pure love. She will be missed desperately,” crowdfunding organizer Mattie Weiss wrote.
WATCH | Scenes from a memorial for the Good:
Radio-Canada journalist Azeb Wolde-Giorghis reports from Minneapolis, where tensions are high but somber at the site of a vigil for the 37-year-old woman who was killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday.
