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Cellphone video of Renee Good being shot and killed by ICE police shows a dog in the back seat of her SUV just before shots were fired
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Renee’s wife, Becca Goode, begged for help in getting her dog back after the shooting, a neighbor tells People
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People confirmed that Becca was eventually reunited with the dog and sat on the steps of a nearby house while police assessed the scene.
New cell phone records of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by ICE officers, show she had a dog in her car during the incident.
The confrontation was captured on video by an ICE agent who was circling a Honda Pilot with Renee in the driver’s seat. Renee’s wife, Becca Good, stood outside the car talking to agents, and video later released showed a black dog watching from the back seat with the windows rolled down.
The incident quickly escalated when Renee began moving her car, prompting an agent later identified as Jonathan Ross to shoot her. After Renee was shot and hit the road, the vehicle continued driving away. A voice from behind the camera is then heard saying: “F—ing bitch.”
A Minneapolis resident who lives near the shooting scene told PEOPLE they asked Becca shortly afterward if there was anyone they could call. Becca responded: “That’s my wife. They shot her in the head, man. That’s ridiculous!”
Similar to accounts of other incidents, neighbors said Becca told them she and Renee had recently moved to Minneapolis and that they had a 6-year-old child in school.
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Renee Good’s vehicle was involved in a crash and blocked after she was shot and killed on January 7, 2026
As SWAT members approached the scene and began yelling at bystanders to get back, Becca began screaming, “My wife!” according to the neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous. Beca stood up and said, “There is a dog behind me, can someone help me get it?”
Neighbors said Becca quickly retrieved the dog and sat with it on the steps of a nearby house as officials continued to assess the scene.
Becca released a statement about the shooting on Jan. 9, writing that she and Renee — who has three children from two previous marriages — had recently moved to Minnesota “to make a better life for themselves.”
“When we got here we found this to be a vibrant and welcoming community where we made friends and spread joy,” she said. “While anywhere we were together was home, in Minneapolis we had a strong sense of being together and looking out for each other. It was here that I finally found a haven of peace and safety. But that has been taken away from me forever.”
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Becca also shared how the two met ICE on that fateful day.
“On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors,” she wrote. “We have whistles. They have guns.”
Renee was shot in the head, ABC News reported, citing city officials. Although video from the scene showed police preventing a man claiming to be a doctor from providing care to her, she was eventually taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
Becca wrote: “Renee leaves behind three extraordinary children; the youngest, just six, has lost his father. It is now up to me to raise our son and continue to educate him, as Renee believed, in someone building a better world for him. Those who do this are filled with fear and anger, and we need to show them a better way.”
“We thank you for allowing our family privacy as we grieve,” she concluded. “We thank you for ensuring that Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: reject hate, choose compassion, rise above fear, pursue peace, reject division, and know that we must come together to build a world where we can all come home safe to be with the people we love.”
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