{"id":103851,"date":"2026-01-18T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103851\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:30:09","slug":"renee-nicole-goods-widow-rebecca-good-probed-by-doj-for-impeding-ice-agents-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103851\/","title":{"rendered":"Renee Nicole Good’s widow Rebecca Good probed by DOJ for ‘impeding’ ICE agents: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Justice has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into whether Renee Nicole Good\u2019s widow<\/a> may have impeded an ICE agent moments before he shot and killed her wife during a heated confrontation in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

The federal probe into Good\u2019s grieving wife, Rebecca, will focus on her possible ties to activist groups and her actions leading up to the moment veteran ICE agent Jonathan Ross<\/a> opened fire on Jan. 7, two people familiar with the investigation told NBC News. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been no contact from the FBI or federal officials indicating Becca Good is the subject of an investigation,\u201d her lawyer, Antonio Ramanucci, told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Renee Nicole Good\u2019s wife, Rebecca Good, holds a cell phone outside the car blocking ICE vehicles in Minneapolis, Minnesota before the fatal shooting on Jan. 7, 2026. via REUTERS<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has said Ross had no choice but to open fire on Good, claiming the 37-year-old mother of three \u201cweaponized\u201d her SUV against the law enforcement officer and hit him.<\/p>\n

Graphic footage from the scene showed Good<\/a> appearing to try to flee the ICE officers after she was accused of blocked the street and obstructing their enforcement operations. <\/p>\n

Good was with her wife, who was heckling Ross and other officers outside the car, as the anti-ICE \u201cwarrior\u201d remained in the driver\u2019s seat of her plum colored Honda pilot that was perpendicular on the road.<\/a><\/p>\n

As another ICE officer told Good to get out of her vehicle, Rebecca shouted at her to \u201cDrive, baby, drive, drive,\u201d before she peeled off and clipped Ross<\/a>, prompting him to fire multiple shots through her windshield and open window, according to video captured on the agent\u2019s phone. <\/p>\n

A video taken in the aftermath of the shooting showed Rebecca sobbing as she cried, \u201cIt\u2019s my fault.\u201d<\/p>\n

Good was with her wife as the anti-ICE \u201cwarrior\u201d remained in the driver\u2019s seat of her plum colored Honda pilot that was perpendicular on the road. via REUTERS<\/p>\n

Graphic footage from the scene showed Good appearing to try to flee the ICE officers after she was accused of blocking the street and obstructing their enforcement operations. Storyful<\/p>\n

An incident report from the Minneapolis Fire Department found that Good was shot four times \u2014 in the chest, arm and head,\u00a0the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Department of Homeland Security\u00a0maintains that the agent\u00a0opened fire in self-defense<\/a> and labeled Good a \u201cdomestic terrorist.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fatal incident has since sparked raucous demonstrations<\/a> and violent, viral clashes between agitators and immigration officers<\/a> in Minneapolis, which resulted in DHS deploying thousands of additional ICE agents to the chaos-ridden area. <\/p>\n

The DOJ is also reportedly investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.<\/a><\/p>\n

The probe, which is in its early stages, will determine whether the two Democrats engaged in a conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents. Instagram\/Rebecca Good<\/p>\n

An air bag is stained by blood after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7, 2026. AP<\/p>\n

The probe, which is in its early stages, will determine whether the two Democrats engaged in a conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, a source told CBS News.<\/a><\/p>\n

The investigation appears to stem from statements made by Walz and Frey denouncing the nearly 3,000 federal law enforcement agents deployed to the Minneapolis area in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the governor or the mayor threaten our officers, when the mayor suggests that he\u2019s encouraging citizens to call 911 when they see ICE officers, that is very close to a federal crime,\u201d Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told\u00a0Fox News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Justice has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into whether Renee Nicole Good\u2019s widow may have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2035,19085,1082,43894,9,11,10,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-103851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-ice","9":"tag-investigations","10":"tag-justice-department","11":"tag-minneapolis-ice-shooting-2026","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}