ICE officer who shot Renee Nicole Good suffered internal bleeding, feds say
The federal immigration officer who fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis last week sustained internal bleeding to the torso in the incident, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to USA TODAY on Jan. 14.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer Jonathan Ross suffered the injury "when he was struck by her vehicle ," DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News. CBS News , among other national outlets, also reported the update.
The extent of Ross' internal bleeding was not immediately clear. DHS declined to answer USA TODAY's additional questions about the injury.
Internal bleeding occurs when blood vessels burst and blood pools in the body, according to the Cleveland Clinic . Internal bleeding covers a wide range of severity, from minor bruising to life-threatening injuries.
The day after the fatal Jan. 7 shooting, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters Ross had been taken to the hospital , but he was released and home with family.
One person was killed in a shooting involving a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota, officials said. Minneapolis Gov. Tim Walz said on Jan. 7 that the shooting involved U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has surged agents into the Minneapolis area amid a broader federal crackdown on fraud in the state. Here, a member of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) restrains a protester trying to block vehicles from leaving the scene after a driver of a vehicle was shot.
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'Give me a break'
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey in a Jan. 9 interview with FOX said that Ross, "walked away with a hip injury that he might as well have gotten from closing a refrigerator door with his hips. Give me a break. No, he was not ran over. He walked out of there with a hop in his step."
The fatal shooting in Minneapolis was captured on video by witnesses. Analysis of the footage by USA TODAY showed Good's vehicle appeared to be turning away from Ross at the time of the shooting. He fired three shots, one at the front windshield and two more through the open driver's side window as Good moved past. All shots appeared to be fired after the agent was out of the way.
The Trump administration argued that the agent acted in self-defense, and Ross believed Good could have hit him and other agents with her vehicle. But state and local officials have disagreed and called for Ross to be charged.
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Protests continue this week in Minnesota
Federal agents clashed with protesters in St. Paul and Minneapolis nearly a week after the shooting, as demonstrations continued outside federal buildings and within communities in the region.
Frey and local leaders have called for ICE to leave both the city and the state.
Good's death came one day before Customs and Border Protection agents shot two people in a separate incident in Portland, Oregon, on Jan. 8.
DHS and Trump administration officials also said the Portland shooting was in self-defense .
In a statement on social media last week, authorities said Border Patrol agents were conducting a vehicle stop in the Oregon city when a driver allegedly tried to "weaponize" his vehicle and run over agents. Luis David Nino-Moncada, 33, who was driving the vehicle, was arrested after being released from the hospital on Jan. 11 and faces assault charges.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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