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Renee Good’s Family Marks Her 38th Birthday With Tribute in Minneapolis

The tribute refocuses attention on a state lawsuit over blocked local probes into federal-agent shootings.

Overview

  • Good’s parents and siblings, who released a statement Thursday, thanked her for 37 years of “love, beauty and light” and said they miss her deeply.
  • She was shot and killed on January 7, 2026, in south Minneapolis by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathon Ross during the early phase of Operation Metro Surge.
  • Minneapolis officials have said Good was a U.S. citizen acting as a legal observer of federal actions and was not a target for arrest.
  • Minnesota state and Hennepin County officials have sued the federal government, saying they are being blocked from investigating Good’s killing and the separate shootings of Alex Pretti and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis by federal agents.
  • Family accounts describe Good as a volunteer, teacher, mother and friend who had recently moved to Minneapolis with her wife and children, with the shooting reported near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue.