Woman killed by ICE agent in Minnesota should have 'minded her own business,' says ex-relative: 'Nothing to do with immigration'

The former brother-in-law of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, has said she should have “minded her own business.”

After a federal officer shot the woman in self-defence, Joseph Macklin told The Daily Mail: “She had no reason to be there, in my opinion. It had nothing to do with her. She shouldn't have been in the way. She had nothing to do with the ICE agents or immigration, so she shouldn't have been there. She should have minded her own business.”




Good was the mother of three children and shared a six-year-old son with Joseph’s brother, Tim Macklin Jr., who passed away in 2023. Her other two children from a previous relationship are in the custody of their father.

However, Joseph said he believes the ICE agent involved was at fault and Good was just trying to escape. “She did just drive off but he wasn't in front of her. It ain't like she tried to run him over, from the video I've seen. She was just trying to get away, it looked like,” he said.

The shooting took place on Wednesday during a federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Videos show ICE agents approaching Good’s vehicle on a street before one agent fired multiple point-blank range shots as she attempted to drive away. The car lost control and accelerated into a pole and a parked vehicle. A physician asking to check the pulse of Good, who was bleeding out, was denied by the officers and she was later taken to a nearby hospital where she was announced dead.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Good was killed after allegedly trying to run over law enforcement. Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said the incident involved a 'fatal defensive response' by the agent. ICE has deployed hundreds of agents to Minneapolis as part of a larger operation targeting welfare and immigration fraud in the Blue State.

The incident divided Republicans and Democrats into defending and accusing the ICE agent, respectively.

The Minneapolis City Council said Good had been “caring for her neighbours” at the time of the shooting.

Protests and vigils have been held across Minneapolis, with schools in the city closing for safety reasons.