ICE agent who allegedly shot Renee Good was a firearms trainer, testimony says

Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent identified by several media outlets as the federal agent who shot Renée Good, 37 years old in Minneapolis on Wednesday, is a former deportation officer with ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Division, according to sworn testimony in federal district court in Minnesota obtained by WIRED. A member of a special response team, ICE’s version of a SWAT team, he served as a firearms trainer and led teams from several federal agencies, including the FBI, Ross said.

The testimony comes from a December 2025 trial related to a June incident with parallels to the interaction that led to Good’s murder.

In June, according to Ross’s testimony, he led a team seeking to apprehend a man named Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, who was the subject of an administrative warrant for remaining in the United States without authorization. Because the man’s house was across the street from a school and immigration agents did not have authority to enter his house, Ross testified, they instead followed him in unmarked vehicles.

Muñoz-Guatemala’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to testimony from December and a New York Times account Following the affidavit of an FBI agent associated with the case, Ross approached Muñoz-Guatemala and asked him to roll down his window and open his door. Ross, who testified he was driving an unmarked vehicle, was dressed in ranger green and gray, had his badge on his belt, broke the driver’s side rear window and rummaged through the vehicle, at which point Muñoz-Guatemala drove away.

As he was being dragged at a speed that he said appeared to be “at least 40 miles per hour, if not more,” Ross pulled out his Taser and fired it at the driver. Muñoz-Guatemala continued driving and managed to get Ross out of the car. At trial, Ross testified that he suffered injuries requiring 33 stitches.

According to the affidavit, Muñoz-Guatemala called 911 to report that he had been assaulted by ICE, which led to his arrest. Last month he was sentenced of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

The reports of Minnesota Star-Tribune And The Guardian identified Ross as the shooter who killed Good, a recent transplant mother to Minneapolis, during an immigration enforcement action in the city. Video of the incident appears to show a federal agent shooting at Good’s vehicle as she attempted to leave the scene. The officer does not appear to have been struck by the vehicle and Good appears to turn the wheel to avoid contact, video analysis of The New York Times and the Washington Post watch.

At the White House press conference on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance answered questions about the incident and his answers included many identifying details of Ross, mostly related to his interaction with Muñoz-Guatemala. “This same ICE officer almost lost his life being dragged by a car six months ago with 33 stitches in his leg,” Vance said, “so you think maybe he’s a little sensitive about the idea of ​​someone hitting him with an automobile?”

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem has repeatedly described Good’s actions as an intentional act of “domestic terrorism.” An FBI investigation into Good’s murder is ongoing.

DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told WIRED in a statement that the department “will not release the name of this officer. He acted in accordance with his training.” McLaughlin added that federal immigration agents “are constantly threatened by violent agitators” because of “doxxing” and that the Minnesota Star Tribune, which was the first to publish Ross’ name, “should remove their story immediately.” According to Ross’ testimony in December, he served in the Indiana National Guard and was deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 as a machine gunner on a patrol truck, then joined the Border Patrol in 2007 after finishing school, near El Paso, Texas.