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Furthermore, IReports emerged Thursday about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot a woman inside his vehicle in Minneapolis.
The officer involved in Wednesday’s shooting was dragged nearly 100 yards by another driver’s vehicle during a separate immigration operation.In the Twin Cities area six months ago, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The officer needed more than 30 stitches after the June incident in Bloomington, Minnesota. The suspect in this incident was convicted of assault several weeks ago.
Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem spoke at length about the officercall a news conference Thursday, reinforcing their claim that the officer was defending himself when he shot Good.
Local and state officials have repeatedly rejected the Trump administration’s version of events, saying video evidence directly contradicts the idea that Good deliberately “weaponized” his vehicle to drive toward the officer.
“[T]“Which ICE officer almost lost his life being dragged by a car six months ago,” Vance said Thursday at the White House. “So you think maybe he’s a little sensitive to the idea of someone hitting him with a car?”
WATCH | What we know about Renée Nicole Good:
Protests have erupted following the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good, who was shot and killed Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
Federal authorities declined to identify the agent by name and CBC News was unable to independently verify the agent’s identity, but the details provided by Vance and Noem closely match those contained in federal court documents regarding an incident involving an ICE agent in Bloomington last June.
Court documents reviewed by CBC News indicate an officer, identified as Jonathan Ross, was dragged as officers attempted to arrest Roberto Carlos Muñoz. Muñoz, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, had been convicted of sexually assaulting his teenage stepdaughter three years earlier.
An affidavit from an FBI agent says federal law enforcement approached Muñoz in his car outside his home on June 19, but he drove away. The officers followed Muñoz, arrested him and asked him for identification. Muñoz provided his identification but refused to get out of the car, the affidavit states.
The officer, believeof being the same one who allegedly shot Good, then smashed the driver’s side rear window of Muñoz’s car and tried to reach for the steering wheel lock.door of uh. Court documents say Muñoz drove off with the officer’s arm stuck in the vehicle, dragging him nearly 100 yards in about 12 seconds. The officer was knocked down when Muñoz hit a curb.
U.S. District Court records identify that agent as JonathanRoss. No officer, by that name or otherwise, has been charged with a crime in connection with the murder.
WATCH | Breaking down the deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting:
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown, and now outrage is erupting over conflicting accounts of what really happened. Andrew Chang breaks down the moment-to-moment video evidence and compares it to the rules governing use of force and self-defense. Images provided by The Canadian Press, Reuters and Getty Images
Vance said the officer needed 33 stitches in his leg, but court documents say he had stitches in his right arm and left hand. Photos included in an FBI agent’s affidavit show a man, whose face is not visible, lying on a cot with visible injuries.
The officer had “abrasions” to his left knee, elbows and face, according to the FBI agent’s affidavit.
A jury convicted Muñoz last month of assaulting a federal agent, and reached its decision after a little more than two hours of deliberation.
Officials clash over divergent accounts
On Thursday, the divide between local and federal officials widened after Good’s death in Minneapolis and two other people were shot by Border Patrol agents in Portland, Oregon.
DHS officials, including Noem, defended the shooting in the Twin Cities area as self-defense and said Good was trying to force agents into an act of “domestic terrorism.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the description was “bullshit” and “garbage,” based on bystander videos, which appeared to contradict the government’s narrative.
Video verified by CBC News shows the seconds leading up to the shooting.
Two ICE agents approach the Honda Pilot SUV and one of them tells the driver to get out of the car, then attempts to open the driver’s side door. The SUV briefly reverses and a third officer stands in front of the vehicle.
As the vehicle begins to move forward with its wheels facing toward the officers, the officer in the front of the vehicle can be seen drawing his weapon and firing three shots into the driver’s side of the vehicle.
The vehicle continued to move towards the edge of the street, where it struck a parked car to the screams of passers-by.
WATCH | Noem defends officer’s actions in Minneapolis:
At a press conference, US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis tried to block officers with her vehicle, harassed them all day and “attempted to run over a law enforcement officer” before being shot. Earlier, the city’s mayor called allegations that the police officer acted in self-defense “bullshit.”
GOOD, a mother of three childrenwas a Colorado-born U.S. citizen who appears to have never 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.
