Jonathan Ross, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, has been identified as the individual who shot and killed Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away in Minneapolis earlier this week.
The shooting of Good, an unarmed mother of three, in a vehicle filled with stuffed toys, has ignited a national discussion about whether masked and armed ICE agents contribute to community safety. In response, local Mayor Jacob Frey expressed his discontent with ICE’s presence in the city.
A newly surfaced video of the incident, purportedly from the officer’s phone who shot Good, captures her smiling and telling the ICE agent, “That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you,” as she attempts to leave the scene.
The video also shows Good’s wife protesting against ICE’s presence in the city from the street.
As Good attempts to drive away, the officer orders her to stop and moves towards the driver’s door. As she drives off, he fires multiple shots through the side window, using derogatory language towards her.
Despite widespread outrage over the agency’s tactics following Good’s death, which many have labeled as murder, President Trump defended the ICE agent. On Truth Social, he described the situation as self-defense, asserting that Good was disorderly and obstructive.
Just days after Good’s death, the Minnesota Star Tribune revealed the shooter as veteran Jonathan Ross, who served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.
Ross, aged 43 and identified as a firearms instructor and active member of the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, is also affiliated with a local SWAT team and the FBI’s anti-terrorism task force.
Unlike the increased number of recruits joining ICE since Trump’s presidency, Ross has been with the agency since 2015, after relocating to Minneapolis.
Before joining ICE, Ross spent eight years with the Border Patrol, where he was responsible for developing target packages and executing arrest warrants, as per testimony obtained by Wired.
Described by those close to him as a conservative Christian, Ross is known for displaying ‘don’t tread on me’ and Trump-related symbols.
Reports about Ross’s marriage to someone of Filipino descent emerged, with his father stating that his wife is a US citizen and they have been married since 2012, but declined further comment.
With significant national attention on the incident, White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have pointed to a previous serious encounter as a possible mitigating factor for the shooting.
In June 2025, during an immigration arrest in Bloomingdale, Minnesota, Ross was dragged about 300 feet by a vehicle. The driver refused to lower the window, prompting Ross to break it in an attempt to unlock the door.
This incident resulted in Ross needing 33 stitches on his right arm and left hand, and it has been a source of information for his deposition taken in December.
Ross stated that many people appear ‘confused’ when stopped by masked armed agents.
His testimony reads: “I believe it’s—it seems to be something that some people just—just say to—to stall.
“I believe a lot of time people are on the phone and they’re waiting for people to get—to show up, especially with our line of work. They’ve got phone trees where they call and then protesters show up.”