'A beautiful light': Renee Good's family mourns her death amid push for 'transparency' after ICE shooting

[ad_1] The household of Renee Good, the 37-year-old mom of three who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, is mourning her dying after asserting that their authorized workforce has launched a civil probe into her case.

Good’s mother and father, Tim Ganger and Donna Ganger, alongside along with her 4 siblings, informed ABC Information in an announcement on Wednesday that they “miss her greater than phrases may ever categorical” and thanked these locally who've reached out to point out their assist for the household after Good’s dying. Good was a mom to a 15-year-old, a 12-year-old and a 6-year-old.

Renee Good is pictured along with her brother Brent Ganger in an undated picture.

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"We need to thank everybody who has reached out in assist of Renee and our household. The form of endless care we’ve been given throughout this time is precisely the sort that she gave to everybody,” the household mentioned within the assertion.

Remembering Good as a “lovely mild” who introduced “pleasure” to everybody she encountered, Good’s household mentioned that the kindness they've skilled since her dying is “the form of endless care” that Good, whom they nicknamed “Nae Nae,” gave to everybody throughout her life.

The Division of Homeland Safety has mentioned that Good was allegedly trying to run over regulation enforcement officers in an act of home terrorism when ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot her. However leaders in Minneapolis have disputed this declare and condemned the ICE agent’s actions.

Renee Good is pictured in an up to date picture.

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Based on an ABC Information evaluation of verified video, together with new footage that emerged on Jan. 9, Good might be seen turning her automotive's steering wheel to the suitable, away from the ICE agent who shot her, simply over one second earlier than the primary of three gunshots was fired.

Ross, who fatally shot Good within the alleged car-ramming incident, suffered inner bleeding, a number of U.S. officers conversant in his medical situation informed ABC Information, however the extent of his accidents is unclear.

Folks are inclined to a memorial for Renee Nicole Good close to the positioning of her capturing on January 8, 2026 in Minneapolis.

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Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem claimed in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union" that aired on Sunday that Good had been "protesting" ICE exercise within the metropolis and harassing regulation enforcement officers in Minneapolis.

"She was impeding regulation enforcement operations" moments and hours earlier than the deadly capturing, Noem added.

Good’s dying has led to widespread protests in Minneapolis, with advocates calling for the U.S. Division of Justice to launch a civil rights investigation into her dying.

"There may be presently no foundation for a prison civil rights investigation,” Deputy Lawyer Normal Todd Blanche mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday.

Undated picture of Renee Good offered by her household.

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The FBI is main the investigation into Good’s dying and state and native officers have expressed frustration that the FBI is just not sharing particulars of its probe.

Amid questions over the character of the investigation, no less than six federal prosecutors in Minneapolis resigned out of issues that the DOJ is specializing in investigating Good for alleged ties to teams which were protesting or impeding immigration enforcement efforts in Minneapolis, a number of officers informed ABC Information Tuesday.

Good’s household, which is represented by the regulation agency of Romanucci & Blandin, introduced on Monday a civil investigation into her dying, saying in an announcement to ABC Information that the household is “calling for peace” and “transparency” as they search solutions in regards to the circumstances that led to her deadly capturing.

Flowers are seen at a protest and vigil after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a girl in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026.

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Romanucci & Blandin, a Chicago-based regulation agency, represented George Floyd's household following his dying in Could 2020. The agency additionally represents Good’s widow, Rebecca Good.

Household lawyer Antonio M. Romanucci mentioned on Monday that individuals throughout the nation “really care about what occurred to Renee Good” and the authorized workforce is dedicated to “promptly and transparently” offering the general public updates on this case.

“What occurred to Renee is fallacious, opposite to established policing practices and procedures, and may by no means occur in at the moment’s America,” the household attorneys mentioned within the assertion. “Be Good. That's the clear message from her household as Renee’s want to the world. These phrases additionally embody the mission of their attorneys, who they've retained to not solely search accountability for her dying but additionally to honor her life with progress towards a kinder and extra civil America.”

Folks take part in a protest and vigil after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a girl in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026.

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Within the assertion they shared with ABC Information on Wednesday, Good’s mother and father and siblings described the mom of three as their “greatest buddy” who had a “seemingly infinite capability for love.”

“Nae-Nae gave all the pieces she needed to care for her family and friends, and certainly folks she by no means met,” they mentioned within the assertion to ABC Information. “If there was any celebration for any one among us, Nae amplified it. If there was sorrow, she was with you for all of it. Nae discovered pleasure in others being comforted and was herself a fountain of consolation. She was our protector, our shoulder to cry on, and our scintillating supply of pleasure.”

The household additionally mentioned that in scripting this assertion, they missed Good’s “mild steerage” and “eloquence” as she used to edit all of their writings.

An image of Renee Nicole Good is displayed Jan. 8, 2026 close to a makeshift memorial for Good, who was fatally shot January 7 by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Reflecting on how Good lives on of their reminiscences and of their interactions with one another, Good’s household mentioned that they'll honor her reminiscence and her “ample coronary heart” by “imitating” her “endless care” as they transfer ahead.

“She is within the tight hug we provide one another as we lean on the counter. She’s within the goofy cackles we elicit in one another as we recall candy reminiscences, and he or she’s within the tears we go away on every others’ shirts,” they mentioned. “She is within the move state that comes when your spirit is creating one thing passionate to share with others. Her voice is the one singing the tune caught in your head. Greater than something, she is there when your coronary heart breaks and fills for an additional particular person.”

ABC Information' Pierre Thomas, Mike Levine, Luke Barr, Kerem Inal, Chris Looft,Jared Kofsky, Josh Margolin and Matt Foster contributed to this report.