ICE agent Renee Nicole Good shooting draws scrutiny as records show officer’s prior arrest injury and use-of-force history
The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday is the same officer who was dragged and injured during an arrest attempt last year.
Court documents reviewed by different media outlets identify the agent as Jonathan Ross. He was involved in the June 17, 2025, apprehension of Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, a convicted sex offender originally from Guatamala, in Bloomington, Minnesota.
During that operation, Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle as the driver tried to flee an immigration arrest. He was dragged roughly 100 yards down the street before breaking free. Prosecutors said Ross fired his Taser during the struggle, striking the driver, but the shock failed to stop the vehicle. Ross was taken to a hospital with a “significant cut” to his right arm that required 20 stitches and another wound on his left hand that needed 13 stitches.
The driver later claimed he did not know Ross was a federal agent. A jury rejected that argument last month, convicting him of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. Prosecutors said the suspect accelerated after Ross broke a back window to unlock the door, dragging the agent for more than 100 yards while weaving to shake him loose. Ross eventually broke free but suffered severe injuries to his arms and hands.
Vice President JD Vance defended Ross on Thursday, saying the officer “deserves a debt of gratitude” for his service. “This is a guy who’s actually done a very, very important job for the United States of America,” Vance said. “He’s been assaulted. He’s been attacked. He’s been injured because of it.”
Good, a mother of three who was driving about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020, was fatally shot Wednesday in her Honda Pilot after being approached by a group of federal agents working in south Minneapolis. Video shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer then abruptly pulling his weapon and firing at least two shots as the Pilot accelerated forward despite repeated commands to stop.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has repeatedly insisted the vehicle struck the officer, who was taken to a hospital for treatment, she said. Noem also referenced the June incident at a press conference on Thursday, saying Ross had been “dragged” by a vehicle while trying to apprehend a suspect. According to court records, Ross’s injuries included multiple large cuts and abrasions to his knee, elbow and face. An FBI agent applied a tourniquet before Ross was transported to a hospital, where he received more than 50 stitches.
Additional reporting by The Intercept linked Ross to a military background. A photo from a Facebook profile associated with Ross’s father shows a man carrying an assault weapon with the caption, “Jon Ross in Iraq.” The man in the photo closely resembles images of the agent at the scene of Wednesday’s shooting. Public records indicate Ross previously lived near Fort Bliss, an Army base in New Mexico, The Intercept reported.
