An ICE agent who fatally shot an unarmed woman has been reassigned while the federal investigation slows, raising new concerns about oversight and community trust, including in immigrant-heavy regions like Los Angeles.
An immigration officer who shot and killed Renee Good has reportedly been quietly reassigned to another job as the federal probe in her death has apparently ground to a halt.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, 43, has been quietly relocated to a different state and allowed to resume work three months after fatally shooting Good, a 37-year-old unarmed mother, according to an exclusive report by PunchUp.
Senior Department of Homeland Security officials revealed that Ross has been effectively shielded from ICE’s accountability process because the FBI investigation into Good’s Jan. 7 killing has stalled. Ross was placed on administrative leave for only three days before being moved out of state, with no further action taken against him.
On his own cellphone video, Ross can be heard muttering “f—— b—-” as Good’s Honda Pilot crashed into a parked car with her dying inside. She had been shot in the arm, breast, and head as she attempted to drive away from an ICE operation.
Good’s death, followed 17 days later by Border Patrol agents’ fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti during the same Minneapolis operation, triggered global outrage and mass protests, and the killings ultimately contributed to the resignation of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who was then replaced by Markwayne Mullin.
Whistleblowers and Senate Democrats have alleged the federal probe into Good’s killing was deliberately shut down at the top.
DHS officials told PunchUp that ICE’s internal affairs division cannot begin its administrative review until the FBI investigation concludes, potentially freezing the accountability process indefinitely.
The investigation has been clouded by controversy. FBI supervisor Tracee Mergen resigned from the Minneapolis field office after reporting she was pressured to reclassify her civil rights investigation into Ross as a probe of an alleged assault on a federal officer by Good herself.
