January 7, 2026: ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old U.S. citizen and mother of three, in Minneapolis. Within hours, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem labeled it 'domestic terrorism“ before any investigation. Trump falsely claimed Good 'violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer.” Video evidence shows Good's car did not knock down officer, contradicting both Noem and Trump.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: DHS claim Good was weaponizing vehicle is 'bullshit." FBI revoked Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's access to evidence. Noem announced deployment of hundreds more federal agents instead of investigating.
The evidence blockade finally broke in July 2026. For months, federal authorities had refused to share evidence from three fatal Operation Metro Surge shootings in Minneapolis (Good; Alex Pretti; and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, shot by ICE agent Christian Castro, whom the state indicted) with Minnesota investigators, prompting the state to file an unprecedented lawsuit against the DOJ and DHS in federal court. After negotiations, and after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension offered evidence reciprocity, the administration released the vehicle Good was driving, body-camera footage, and federal agents' statements. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty: “The wonderful thing is now we have all the evidence.” Talking Points Memo, which chronicled the standoff, noted the months of delay and gaps in the federal investigation may still hamper prosecutions (see Alex Pretti Shooting by Border Patrol in Minneapolis).
The administration's posture has not moved. On July 21, 2026, border czar Tom Homan insisted ICE has made no mistakes in Minnesota, the state where Metro Surge shootings killed Good, Alex Pretti, and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, and where prosecutors have indicted one of the agents who fired.
Update (October 2, 2026): Good's family has sued. On October 1 her partner, Becca Good, and her brother, Brent Ganger, filed two lawsuits in federal court in Minnesota. One, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, names the United States as the only defendant (Ganger v. United States, 0:26-cv-04230). The other (Ganger v. Ross, 0:26-cv-04231), filed partly under the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 according to Axios, names ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fired the shots, along with Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, Todd Lyons, Gregory Bovino and unnamed federal agents. It calls the shooting “the predictable and intended product” of Operation Metro Surge, the AP reported, and alleges what the family's lawyers termed a “nefarious conspiracy” to “target Somali and Hispanic Americans.” The suits seek unspecified damages for wrongful death, conspiracy and other violations. The family filed notice letters in January and, under the tort claims law, waited six months without a response, CNN reported.
“Our government has become a grave and mortal threat to its own citizens,” the family's lawyer, Antonio Romanucci, told reporters. Brent Ganger: “What happened to Renee was completely senseless.” White House spokeswoman Lauren Bis: “We intend to vigorously defend these baseless civil lawsuits.” Rachel Moran, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas, told the AP, “They're going to face significant uphill battles.”
Update (October 23, 2026): in an October 13 summary-judgment filing in its suit against the Justice Department and DHS in federal court in Washington, Minnesota said the U.S. Attorney's Office stopped sharing evidence after the July 13 handover. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen told her on September 10 that cooperation was paused “indefinitely” because of “challenges with D.C.,” the Star Tribune reported. Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said in a declaration that federal authorities still hold Good's clothing, the cell phone of the officer who killed her and interview recordings the state has never been able to view, along with the firearms, phones and ballistic evidence from the Alex Pretti shooting, the AP reported. Justice Department lawyers replied on October 20 that sharing is discretionary, cited the Touhy regulations, and asked the court to dismiss or transfer the case. Moriarty said the federal government is “intent on obstructing our investigations for however long they can.”