An autopsy commissioned by her family Renee Good, the woman who was fatally shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis earlier this month, confirmed that she suffered three clear gunshot wounds, including one to her head, lawyers for her family announced Wednesday (January 22) in a statement obtained by NBC News.
The autopsy also confirmed that Good suffered wounds to her left forearm and right breast, though both weren’t immediately life-threatening as they didn’t pierce major organs. The third shot was reported to have entered the left side of Good’s head near the temple and exit on the right side, ultimately killing her and appearing to leave a graze wound.
Attorneys for Good’s family said the autopsy was completed by a “highly respected” and credentialed independent medical pathologist in their statement to NBC News on Wednesday.
“We believe the evidence we are gathering and will continue to gather in our investigation will suffice to prove our case,” said lead attorney Antonio M. Romanucci. “The video evidence depicting the events of January 7, 2026, is clear, particularly when viewed through the standards of reasonable policing and totality of circumstances.”
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office hadn’t publicly released its results on Good’s death to the family or legal team at the time of publication, according to the lawyers. Good was fatally shot by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on January 7 and the incident has been widely politicized as Democrats and Republicans argue over the cause.
Numerous protests held in Minnesota since as state authorities have joined Illinois in suing the President Donald Trump‘s administration for its surge of ICE personnel within their states. A video shared online, which appears to have been recorded on a cellphone belonging to Ross, shows Good in the driver’s seat of her SUV on a suburban street talking to ICE officers while her wife stood outside the vehicle before Ross fires multiple rounds into the SUV just after it starts to move.
Democrat members of Congress and local Minneapolis leaders and residents have condemned the actions of the ICE officer while Trump, Vice President JD Vance, the Department of Homeland Security and numerous conservative pundits have defended the officer. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey previously said “tens of thousands of people” attended what he described as a peaceful march, but Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem claimed the operation in the state would shift from its sole focus of immigration law breaches to also tackling anti-ICE protests.
“We’re going to continue to if they conduct violent activities against law enforcement, if they impede our operations, that’s a crime, and we will hold them accountable to those consequences,” she said via FOX News.
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