A private autopsy has confirmed that Renee Good, the unarmed US citizen and mother of three killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, was shot three times. The independent postmortem, commissioned by the family's lawyers, found wounds to her left forearm, right breast, and head.
According to reports, the preliminary autopsy showed three clear gunshot wounds, two of which were not immediately life-threatening. A shot to her left forearm and another entering through her right breast missed major organs. A third shot struck the left side of her head near the temple and exited the right side. A graze wound consistent with a firearm injury but without penetration was also noted.
The findings align with earlier incident reports and 911 call transcripts from the 7 January shooting, which described two apparent gunshot wounds to the chest and a possible head wound. Good, described by relatives as a legal observer of increased Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Minneapolis, has become a focal point of tensions between the Trump administration and local officials.
The White House and Department of Homeland Security have claimed Good was a 'domestic terrorist' who aimed her car at the agent, forcing him to fire in self-defence. However, video footage shows she was steering away as she tried to drive off, and at least two shots were fired from the side of her vehicle. State officials have expressed anger at being excluded from the FBI investigation, which is instead examining Good's widow and Democratic leaders rather than the officer who shot her, Jonathan Ross.
The Department of Justice has stated that available video evidence clears Agent Ross and that no criminal investigation is underway. This has led to a wave of federal prosecutors quitting in protest. On Thursday, Vice-President JD Vance is expected in Minneapolis to defend President Trump's decision to deploy 3,000 federal law enforcement officers to the area.
