What We Know About the People Shot by Federal Agents in Minneapolis and Portland
Federal immigration agents killed one woman in Minneapolis and wounded two people in Portland in separate shootings within 48 hours.
Federal immigration agents killed one woman and wounded two other people in two separate shootings in the span of 48 hours, inflaming outrage over the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Her death sparked outcry from residents and local and state leaders, prompting protests in the city and beyond. The next day, U.S. Border Patrol agents shot Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras in Portland, triggering further anger and demonstrations.
Here’s what to know about the people who were shot.
Renee Nicole Good
Good, a U.S. citizen, was a mother of three. Before an ICE officer shot and killed her on Wednesday, she had been returning from dropping off her youngest child, her 6-year-old son, at school, The Associated Press reported.
Federal officials have claimed that the shooting was an act of “self-defense,” accusing Good of trying to run over the officer with her car. But videos of the incident circulating online appear to contradict descriptions given by President Donald Trump and other federal officials, and local leaders have vehemently disputed the Administration’s portrayal, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calling it “a garbage narrative that is not true.”
“She was probably terrified,” Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minnesota Star Tribune.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving, and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
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In her Instagram bio, Good wrote that she is a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis.” She included a pride flag emoji in her bio.
She was relatively new to Minneapolis, AP reported, having recently moved there with her youngest son and her wife from Kansas City, Missouri. She had her youngest son with her second husband, and her two older children—a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son—with her first husband, according to AP.