The four bullets Renee Good took from the gun fired by Minnesota ICE officer Jonathan Ross hit her once each in the arm, breast and head, while a fourth grazed her body, her family said in releasing partial results of an independent autopsy on the slain mother of three.
A “highly respected and credentialed medical pathologist” performed the procedure, said attorneys at the law firm Romanucci & Blandin, the same firm that represented the family of George Floyd after his murder at the hands of a now-former Minneapolis police officer in 2020.
Good, 37, was fatally shot on Jan. 7, less than a mile from where Floyd was killed, when Ross fired bullets into her car as she tried to drive away. Her parents, siblings and partner Becca Good have since commissioned a civil investigation.
The preliminary autopsy results revealed three “clear gunshot wound paths” through Good’s body, the attorneys said Wednesday in a media release. One hit her left forearm, a second tore through her right breast but spared major organs, a third penetrated her head “close to the temple and exited the right side of her head,” and a fourth grazed her, though the report didn’t say where.
“The breast and left forearm wounds were not immediately life-threatening,” the attorneys noted.
However, blood was pouring out of Good’s left ear immediately after the shooting, and tissue protruded from the left side of her head, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported last week.
Good’s family contends that she was doing her best to comply with agents’ conflicting demands and was “probably terrified,” her mother, Donna Ganger, told the Star Tribune.
But Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem immediately characterized Good’s conduct as an “act of domestic terrorism” and said Ross had fired in self-defense when Good tried to run him over.
Numerous bystander videos, as well as cellphone footage taken by Ross, shows Good’s SUV backing up slightly away from agents, . Good then slowly pulls forward and Ross fires his weapon as he jumps out of the way. He can be heard muttering, “F—ing bitch,” under his breath as her car swerves down the street and comes to a crashing stop.
“We believe the evidence we are gathering and will continue to gather in our investigation will suffice to prove our case,” lead attorney Antonio Romanucci said in the firm’s statement. “The video evidence depicting the events of January 7, 2026, is clear, particularly when viewed through the standards of reasonable policing and totality of circumstances. Additionally, our legal team will continue its unwavering and proactive advocacy for Renee’s life and her family.”
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