What we know about Renee Nicole Good, the mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis
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The woman shot and killed by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday was Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota.
He was a US citizen born in Colorado and appears to have never been charged with anything involving law enforcement beyond a traffic ticket.
In her social media accounts, Good described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mother.” He said he’s currently “facing Minneapolis,” showing a pride flag emoji on his Instagram account. A profile picture posted on Pinterest shows her smiling and holding a toddler on her cheek, along with posts about tattoos, hairstyles and home decor.
Her ex-husband, who asked not to be identified out of concern for their children’s safety, said Good had just dropped off her six-year-old son from school Wednesday and was driving home with her current partner when they encountered an ICE team on a snowy road in Minneapolis, where they had moved last year from Kansas City, Mo.
A video shot by bystanders and posted on social media shows a policeman coming to his car, asking him to open the door and holding the handle. As he begins to move forward, a different ICE officer standing in front of the vehicle draws his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at the vehicle nearby.
In another video taken from behind shootinga frustrated woman was seen sitting next to the car crying saying “that’s my wife, I don’t know what to do!”
Calls and messages to Good’s current partner were not returned.
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The family describes him as an alert, loving person
Trump administration officials have painted Good as a “domestic terrorist” who tried to impersonate federal agents with his car. Her ex-husband said that he is not an activist and he never knew that he could take part in a protest of any kind.
He described him as a devout Christian who took part in a youth mission trip to Northern Ireland as a child. She loved to sing, participating in the choir in high school and studying singing in college.
He studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Virginia and won an award in 2020 for one of his works, according to a post on the school’s English department Facebook page. She also hosted a podcast with her second husband, who died in 2023.
In a statement, Old Dominion University President Brian O. Hemphill wrote that the death of Good “another clear example of how fear and violence have become commonplace in our nation.
“May Renee’s life be a reminder of what unites us: freedom, love and peace.
Good had a daughter and son from his first marriage, now aged 15 and 12. His six-year-old son was from his second marriage. Her ex-husband said she had been a stay-at-home mom in recent years but worked as a dental assistant and at a credit union.
‘She loved her children’
Donna Ganger, his mother, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the family was notified of the death Wednesday morning.
“He was a wonderful person,” Ganger told the newspaper, adding that he was “not part of anything like that,” referring to the anti-ICE protests.
“He was very compassionate. He cared for people his whole life. He was loving, forgiving and loving.”
Public records show Good had recently lived in Kansas City, where she and another woman with the same home address had started a business called B. Good Handywork last year.
Good and his family were “lovely,” a former neighbor in Kansas told CNN affiliates KCTV and KMBC.
“He was a neighbor, you know, not a terrorist. He’s not an extremist,” Joan Rose told KMBC, according to CNN. “That was a mother who loves her children, who loves her partner.”
An online fundraiser for Good’s partner and son had raised more than $520,000 US by Thursday morning.
“Renee was pure sunshine, pure love. She will be greatly missed,” he wrote crowdfunding editor Mattie Weiss.
