The Daily Populous Friday January 23rd, 2026 morning edition
Authored by nbcnews.com and submitted by ewzetf

An autopsy commissioned by the family of Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an immigration officer in Minneapolis this month, found that she suffered three clear gunshot wounds, including one to her head, lawyers for her family said Wednesday.

One of the injuries was to Good’s left forearm, the lawyers said in a statement, while another gunshot struck her right breast without piercing major organs. Neither of those wounds was immediately life-threatening, the attorneys said.

A third shot entered the left side of Good’s head near the temple and exited on the right side, according to the statement, and she also appeared to have sustained a graze wound.

The attorneys said the autopsy was conducted by a “highly respected" and credentialed independent medical pathologist.

“We believe the evidence we are gathering and will continue to gather in our investigation will suffice to prove our case,” lead attorney Antonio M. Romanucci said in the statement. “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 has not yet released its findings about Good’s death to her family or its legal team, according to the attorneys. A search of cases on the medical examiner's office website Wednesday night did not yield any results for Good's death.

Members of law enforcement work the scene where Good was shot. Stephen Maturen / Getty Images

Good, 37, was fatally shot in the driver’s seat of her SUV during an encounter with Jonathan Ross, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, in a residential part of Minneapolis on Jan. 7.

The shooting followed the deployment of thousands of immigration officers to the Twin Cities.

The encounter, which was captured on cellphone videos, showed Good’s partner — who was outside the SUV — calling Ross “big boy” and telling him to show his face. Other officers at the scene could be heard telling Good to get out of the car, and she could be seen turning the steering wheel away from Ross and beginning to drive.

Multiple gunshots could be heard before Good’s SUV crashed into a parked vehicle. On a video recorded by Ross, a male voice could be heard saying “f-----g bitch” moments before the crash.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused Good of being a “domestic terrorist” without providing evidence and said Ross acted in self-defense. He was treated at a hospital for injuries he sustained in the incident and was released soon after, Noem said shortly after the shooting. A DHS official later told NBC News that Ross sustained internal bleeding but did not elaborate on his injuries.

In an email Wednesday night, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin accused Good of refusing to comply with officers' commands.

"If you impede law enforcement operations, ignore law commands, and use a deadly weapon to kill or cause bodily harm to a federal law enforcement office there are dangerous, and in this case deadly, consequences," McLaughlin said. "This was entirely preventable.”

In an earlier statement, Good’s attorneys described her and her partner as “responsible community members who lived peacefully and did not engage in harmful conduct toward others, including the federal agents involved on January 7, 2026.”

Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, as well as other local officials, have criticized the federal immigration operations in the area. Walz and Frey, both Democrats, have also been at odds with federal authorities who have sought to justify Good's shooting.

The FBI is investigating the shooting. State officials said they have been barred from participating in the probe.

stoneymcstone420 on January 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 UTC »

Great job burying the important details NBC. She was shot THROUGH THE SIDE of her head. So the kill shot, as most reasonable people should have expected, came when he was completely clear of the vehicle, shooting through her open window.

Edit: To anyone trying to convince themselves that she “turned her head”, I am begging you to look at the single bullet hole in the lower driver side corner of the windshield. It was not at head height. She would have to hunker down, contort her body, and turn her head while still turning the steering wheel as she turned the vehicle away from her murderer in an impossible way for the bullet to travel in a straight line from her left temple to her right temple. Use the slightest ounce of critical thinking for fucks sake.

Futchkuk on January 23rd, 2026 at 01:27 UTC »

The angle of the shot is important if she was shot in the side of the head it would imply the shot was fired after the car was turned away from the ice officer which means they can't use it being an imminent threat as a defense. The autopsy is the first step to determine that.

djackieunchaned on January 23rd, 2026 at 01:18 UTC »

Was that…up for debate?