The latest updates in Renee Nicole Good‘s shooting reveals the FBI agent who initially investigated her killing has resigned, a medical examiner has ruled her death a homicide, and reports claim she still had a pulse nearly 6 minutes after an ICE agent shot her, but officers blocked and delayed her medical help.
Autopsy Reveals Renee Nicole Good Shot Three Times, Once In Head, Arm, And Breast
As previously shared, on January 7, an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agent fatally shot Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 37-year-old had recently moved to Minneapolis with her partner, Becca, and their three children.
The agent involved has since been identified as Jonathan E Ross, who was operating during Operation Metro Surge. He is the same officer who was previously dragged about 100 yards by a car last year in June, leaving him with injuries and 33 stitches. In this latest incident, officials clim he suffered internal bleeding to the torso.
In Good’s shooting, Ross fired his weapon several times as she tried to drive away from ICE agents in SUV. Since the shooting, The New York Times has reported that a preliminary private autopsy found Good was shot at least three times, sustaining wounds to her head, arm, and breast. These findings from the autopsy were revealed by lawyers for Good’s family on January 21.
It’s noted that two of the gunshot wounds weren’t immediately life-threatening. One bullet struck her left forearm and another entered her body in the right breast, but did not hit any major organs. A third bullet, however, struck her on the left side of her head, near the temple. The autopsy reveals the bullet exited on the right side of her head. The autopsy found Good suffered a graze wound “consistent with a firearm injury, but with no penetration.”
Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office Rules Renee Nicole Good’s Death A Homicide, Still Had A Pulse For At Least 6 Minutes After Shooting
On January 17, MPR News and APM Reports reported that Renee Nicole Good had a pulse for at least six minutes, but ICE agents blocked and delayed her medical help. Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, defended ICE agents’ claims that Good didn’t have a pulse at the scene.
However, an analysis of videos, 911 calls, fire department records, and dispatch logs shows she was unresponsive and wasn’t breathing, but had a pulse, albeit “thready and irregular” six minutes after the shooting when firefighters finally reached her. Adam Armbruster, a family medicine doctor who also works in the emergency room at Sleepy Eye Medical Center in southern Minnesota said:
“I’m just appalled by the lack of immediate first aid and initial resuscitation attempts. That’s the part that is, I would say, most inadequate to me. CPR needs to be initiated immediately upon loss of pulse, if possible. Somebody with a thready or diminished pulse is not deceased, and to walk away from an individual at that point is somewhat mind-boggling.”
It also took more than 10 minutes after her shooting before someone gave her CPR, an emergency life-saving procedure carried out when someone’s breathing or heartbeat has stopped. Even though ICE agents are trained in basic CPR, officers failed to perform the procedure on Good.
McLaughlin released a statement that read:
“All ICE candidates are subject to months of rigorous training and selection at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center where they are trained in everything from deescalation tactics, driving, firearms, and medical training. We do pray for the deceased and her family, and as well as for our officer and all affected in this situation.”
On January 23, two days after a private preliminary autopsy revealed Good’s three gunshot wounds, a report from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office listed her death as a homicide, caused by “multiple gunshot wounds.”
At the time, Antonio Romanucci, Good’s family’s attorney, said they were “waiting for their full report.”
“We are aware of the release of basic information by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner acknowledging the death of Renee Good as a Homicide. We are still waiting for their full report and hope that they communicate with Renee’s family and share their report before releasing any further information to the public.”
Tracee Mergen, FBI Agent Investigating Renee Good’s Death, Resigns
On January 23, as the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office was listing Renee Nicole Good’s death as a homicide, caused by “multiple gunshot wounds,” news was breaking about Tracee Mergen, the FBI agent investigating Good’s shooting, resigning.
According to the New York Times, Mergen left her position as a supervisor in the FBI’s Minneapolis field office after being asked to stop seeking certain answers. Citing their source, the Times reports, “Bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the immigration officer, Jonathan Ross.” However, the Times notes, “Such inquiries are a common investigative step in similar shootings.”
The FBI appeared to be the only agency investigating Good’s death, as federal investigators previously refused to cooperate with state and local prosecutors in Minnesota, blocking any chances of them investigating the ICE agent involved.
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