A detailed, frame-by-frame analysis of newly released footage from a fatal shooting in Minnesota has revealed crucial details that directly contradict claims made by former President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. The video captures the final moments of Renee Good, a mother-of-three, from the perspective of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot her.
Video Analysis Debunks Official Narrative
The analysis, published by the right-leaning local outlet Alpha News on 10 January 2026, provides a starkly different account from the one presented by Trump and Vance. Both had asserted that Ms Good deliberately aimed her car at the agent, forcing him to act in self-defence. The forensic breakdown of the footage clearly shows Ms Good was steering away and around the agent at the moment she was shot.
As the video begins, the ICE agent exits his vehicle and approaches Ms Good's maroon Honda Pilot. He walks around the front of the car, and she is seen steering to the left and reversing slightly. Audio captures Ms Good saying, "That's fine, dude. I'm not mad at you." The agent continues to circle the car, using his phone to film her licence plate.
A Calculated Move Before the Shot
A critical detail highlighted in the analysis occurs when the agent switches his phone into his left hand. This deliberate action, captured a full ten seconds before he draws his weapon, leaves his right hand free. He maintains this posture, filming with his left hand while walking around the front of Ms Good's vehicle as more ICE agents arrive and order her to get out of the car.
At this point, after having reversed, Ms Good turns her steering wheel fully to the right, and her wheels are seen pivoting in that direction. The agent's feet are visibly some distance from the car's wheels as it begins to move. It is then that the agent draws his firearm with his right hand, while still pointing his phone camera with his left.
Experts Question Agent's Actions and Training
The agent fires once through the windscreen and then twice more, apparently through the open side window, as the car accelerates away before crashing into parked vehicles. A voice is heard calling Ms Good a "f***ing b***ch" as the car moves off.
Policing and legal experts who reviewed the footage said it raised serious questions about the agent's conduct and training. Professor John P. Gross of the University of Wisconsin Law School, an expert on officers shooting at vehicles, stated the agent's behaviour suggested he did not perceive an immediate threat. "If you are an officer who views this woman as a threat, you don’t have one hand on a cellphone. You don’t walk around this supposed weapon, casually filming," Gross said.
Professor Geoff Alpert, a criminologist at the University of South Carolina, echoed these concerns, questioning, "I want to see the officer training that permits that" – referring to the act of holding both a gun and a phone simultaneously.
Despite the video evidence, JD Vance and Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin took to social media platform X to double down on the self-defence narrative. Vance claimed, "The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self defence." Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey dismissed this argument as "garbage."
The shooter, identified as 43-year-old Ross, is an Iraq War veteran with nearly two decades of service in Border Patrol and ICE. He was reportedly injured last year when dragged by a driver fleeing an immigration arrest.
