Minneapolis ICE shooting: A minute-by-minute timeline of how Renee Nicole Good died
Everything could be reduced to 399 milliseconds.
That is the amount of time between the first two shots fired by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis on Wednesday, according to an ABC News analysis of metadata.
The circumstances surrounding 37 years Rene Nicole Gooddeath has sparked a national storm, with leaders of Minnesota’s largest city, along with numerous legislators, condemning the ICE agents actions, while Federal officials say The officers acted in self-defense after Good attempted to ram them with his car in an act of domestic terrorism.
Good, a mother of three from Minneapolis, was in the driver’s seat of her Honda Pilot in the middle of a residential street when a ICE The agent opened fire.
ABC News’ minute by minute, frame by frame review Video of the incident includes a close look of what happened before, during and after he moments that led upon Good’s death.
Wednesday January. 7, 2026
Federal law enforcement agents in Minneapolis were “conducting a law enforcement operation” wednesday morning when their vehicle became stuck in the snow, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
Noem says officers asked others to help get the vehicle out of the snow when protesters arrived and “prevented them from leaving the scene.”
“I think they were returning to headquarters to start a new operation.” Noem tells reporters, adding that they “just completed one.”
Local resident Lynette Reini-Grandell told ABC News that a number of Neighbors were keeping watch while dropping off students at the nearby Richard E. Green Central Park Elementary School, due to reports of ICE activity. in the neighborhood.
The Department of Homeland Security had previously announced an increase in immigration enforcement activity in the Minneapolis area.
9:35:05 am (local time)
2 minutes before the shooting
Honda Rider by Renee Nicole Good is stopped diagonally on Portland Avenue while At least four cars pass perpendicularly, according to video images recorded by Reini-Grandell.
Passenger side front window is closed while the rear window is mostly open. Seconds later, at least three federal agents wearing masks They are seen walking towards the Honda Pilot, as spectators could be Whistling and shouting at the officers was heard.
9:36:51 am
22 seconds before the shooting
TO woman who would later be identified as Good’s daughter couple is behind the Honda Pilot and seems to question to federal agent, according video obtained by local attorney Daniel Suitor that was shared with ABC News. He woman and the agent appear be holding mobile phones filming each other.
the honda Pilot can be seen moving very slightly forward while the women and agent are behind the car. The vehicle then stops.
This agent later advance together the honda pilot passenger side and stand in front of the he car.
9:36:58 am
15 seconds before the shooting
A Ford Explorer with California plates that had been on the Portland Avenue side can be seen on video pulling go out into the street. A different video shows Good Driver Side Front Window is open, and she appears to gesture towards the Ford Explorer pass in front of his Honda Pilot, which does.
Good continues to wave his hand from left to right after the ford happens like two other officers They are seen arriving in an unmarked Nissan Titan pickup truck with red and blue lights flashing. They stop in the middle of the street.
9:37:08 am
5 seconds before the shooting
The two officers in the nissan Titan seen on video leaving your vehicle. They approach the Honda Pilot and order Good to “get out of the car.” while they They are approaching, the Honda Pilot is put backwards. The officer who arose from the driver’s side of the Nissan Titan puts his left hand on the bottom of the driver’s side front window of the Honda Pilot and his right hand on the door handle, appearing to try to open the door. his hands stay in that position while the Honda Pilot backs up a few feet, with the front wheels of the car He pointed to the left as the car backed up.
Law enforcement attempts to enter a vehicle before an ICE officer fatally shot the driver during an incident in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.
Obtained by ABC News
He federal agent who walked behind him honda pilot so moves along the right side of the car to stand at the front left side of the vehicle.
When the Honda Pilot starts to move forward, the wheels start to spin to the right, away from where the ICE agent is standing.
9:37:13 am
Gunshots break out
He federal agent standing at the front left side of the vehicle he pulls out his gun.
The moment of the shooting. is captured in at least three videos verified by ABC News.
With his right hand on his drawn firearm, the federal agent left hand is still in his phone, with both pointed out the Honda pilot. He fire the first shot through the front windshield into Good at 9:37:13 I am, according to ABC News Metadata analysis.
About fourth tenths of a second after the first shot, while the car continues moving forward, A second shot is heard.
Law enforcement officers are seen after an ICE officer shot and killed the driver of a vehicle during an incident in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.
Obtained by ABC News
He is It’s hard to see exactly what happens when sling Pilot happens he agent who opened fire. DHS Secretary Noem told reporters that the agent was hit by the vehicle.
He federal agent stay upright and then you can see to the left of passed vehicle, looking toward the driver’s side door. The sound of a third gunshot. Then it rings.
The time between the first shot and the second shot is 399 milliseconds, with 299 milliseconds between the second and third shot, ABC News’ analysis sample. There are three shots in total. that can be heard on camera.
9:37:55 am
Moments after the shooting
Three Seconds after the shooting, the Honda Pilot crashes in a car parked on the side of Portland Avenue, as the video shows. He then inches outside the side of the One-way street, in the snow near a tree. The woman who later identified herself as Good’s couple rushes toward Honda pilot. He federal The officer who shot Good is also seen walking toward the car.
Then the agent is seen. on video walking back after looking at the steering wheel side of the vehicle, such as to viewer You can hear shouting “shame.” The officer can be heard saying “call 911.” The woman later identified as Good’s partner may after be seen kneeling in the Honda pilot. Is It is not clear from the video what Good’s condition is at that time. moment.
9:42:03 am
Good remains in his car
Minutes later Good is shot, she remains inside the Honda Pilot, as the video shows. Bystanders plead with DHS agents to allow a man identified as a doctor to check on Good. He The agents refuse, saying they have their own. doctors and that EMS The staff is on the way.
9:43:14 am
The firefighters are approaching the scene
More than six minutes after the shots rang out, local first responders are seen on video arriving at the accident site of Good’s Honda Pilot. An EMS technician or firefighter begins to remove Good’s body from the car and the firefighters begin to provide attendance to Good.
9:45:30 am
Good is carried from the scene
Firefighters take Good to the corner of Portland Avenue and 34th Street, where appear to begin administering CPR. Seven minutes later, Estate The body can be seen on video being transported to a ambulance.
10:26 am
He City of Minneapolis post a message in X indicating, “We are aware of a shooting involving federal law enforcement officers near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Please avoid this area.”
10:46 am
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz publications on social networks, “My public safety team is working to gather information regarding an ICE-related shooting this morning. We will share information as we know more. In the meantime, I ask people to stay calm.”
11:23 am
Senator Tina Smith (D-Min.) publications on social networks, “An American citizen has apparently state shot by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Am collecting information, but the situation on the ground is volatile. ICE should leave now for everyone’s safety. Please stay safe in Minneapolis.”
11:45 a.m.
He US Department of National Security issues a statement on social networks saying a “violent” rioter “turned his vehicle into a weapon” and attempt run over and kill an ICE officer in what the agency calls a “act of “domestic terrorism.”
The DHS statement confirms that the woman who was shot died. the agency It says the ICE officer who opened fire followed his training and shot the woman in self-defense.
12:35 p.m.
At a news conference, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says the ICE agent used his power “recklessly” and calls ICE’s self-defense claim “nonsense.”
“Get the hell out of Minneapolis,” Frey says in a message to ICE.
2:28 p.m.
President Donald Trump addresses the shooting in a social networks post, calling the video of the shooting “a horrible thing to watch” and indicating that “it’s hard to believe” the ICE officer was alive.
“The woman screaming was obviously a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, intentionally and viciously ran over the ICE officer, who appears to have shot her in the self-defense,” Trump writes in part.
Gaby from ABC News Vinick, Victoria Beaule, Helena Skinner, Lena Camilletti and Mike Pappano contributed to this report.
