By Jennifer Calfas
Incident reports and 911 calls from the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer capture the shock and outrage of witnesses, and the struggle of law enforcement to contain the volatile scene.
A little more than a week after an ICE agent shot Good in Minneapolis, Minn., the city released 911 call logs, a fire department incident report and other documents detailing the emergency response to the fatal shooting. The documents provide more details on the Jan. 7 encounter captured by bystanders in widely shared videos that show agents approaching Good's car while it is stopped in the middle of the road, then ICE agent Jonathan Ross firing into the car as the vehicle moved forward.
The Trump administration and local leaders have described the fatal shooting with stark differences. The Trump administration has accused Good of trying to use her vehicle as a weapon, with the ICE agent shooting in self-defense. Minneapolis leaders have disagreed, saying the ICE agent acted in a reckless manner.
Here's what the transcripts show.
Renee Nicole Good suffered shots to chest, forearm and possibly her head.
Emergency responders found Good unresponsive with two apparent gunshot wounds to her right chest, an apparent gunshot wound in her forearm and a possible gunshot wound in her head, according to a Minneapolis Fire Department incident report released by the city.
Responders tried to resuscitate her with chest compressions and transferred her to a hospital, according to the report. They stopped their attempts to resuscitate her at around 10:30 a.m. local time, the report said.
Witnesses called 911.
Multiple people who witnessed the shooting called 911, according to call transcripts released by the city.
"ICE, ICE fired shots into her windshield," one caller said, according to the call transcript. The caller told the operator the ICE agent who shot Good was wearing an "ICE tactical vest. " "She was attempting to drive away," the caller said about the driver.
Another caller told a 911 operator: "They just shot a lady. Point blank range in her car." The caller added: "There's 15 ICE agents and they shot her, like, cause she wouldn't open her car door," according to the transcript. "Send an ambulance please. Ambulance, please," the caller told the operator. "We'll get somebody out as soon as possible," the operator said.
A third caller told the 911 operator that ICE "shot an observer in her car and it crashed." "I don't think they're OK," the caller told the operator.
Emergency medical services, police assistance requested at scene.
A person who appeared to be calling on behalf of DHS requested emergency medical services and local police to the area, according to a 911 call transcript released by the city.
"We had officers stuck in a vehicle and we had agitators on scene," the caller said. "And we have shots fired by our locals."
The caller told the 911 operator this information came from "our local joint operation command center," the caller said. "And the officers on scene are relaying to us to get in contact with you guys."
"We're just trying to get assistance," the caller said.
Communications show frenzied reactions.
An incident report detailing communications among responders showed a hectic response as officials sought to control an increasingly frustrated crowd near the scene of the shooting as ICE agents remained in the area.
The response log said just after 10 a.m. local time the ICE agent who fired the shots was no longer on the scene and "has been transported" to a federal building.
"Agitators on east side of crime scene cutting tape," an entry at 10:07 a.m. said.
"Contact who is in charge of feds and have them leave scene," another entry said around two minutes later.
Just after 11 a.m., a crowd of people were attempting to block the ICE agents from leaving the area, according to the incident report. "Border Patrol deployed pepper spray," one communication read just after 11 a.m. local time. "ICE being surrounded," another said a second later. All ICE agents left the area by 11:20 a.m., the report said.
A lawyer representing the Good family and a representative for the Department of Homeland Security didn't respond to requests for comment Friday.
Write to Jennifer Calfas at jennifer.calfas@wsj.com
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January 16, 2026 14:16 ET (19:16 GMT)
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