U.S. court records have provided leads to determine the identity of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Federal authorities have not publicly named the agent, but said he was injured in a separate case in June, when he was dragged by a car that sped away during an investigation.
In court records from a case whose details match this incident, an officer named Jonathan Ross suffered a “significant injury” to his arm and required more than 50 stitches, as well as abrasions to his knee, elbow and face.
Wednesday’s shooting shook the United States, with people divided over whether the officer was at fault or acting in self-defense.
Ross has worked with ICE in Minnesota since 2017, the BBC’s US partner CBS reported.
The Indiana National Guard also confirmed that Spc. Ross was deployed to Iraq from November 2004 to November 2005 with Headquarters Company, 138th Signal Battalion. He was in the National Guard until 2008.
During his deployment, Ross received the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal.
Claiming in recent days that the ICE agent who killed Good was trying to save his own life, federal officials said he previously encountered a situation where a car drove away during an investigation.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that in June he was dragged by a car while trying to stop an “anti-ICE rioter” and that he “was injured at the time.” Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News that the officer received dozens of stitches and suffered “abrasions all over his body” on June 17 while trying to arrest a “child sex offender.”
During a White House press briefing Thursday, Vice President JD Vance said the officer “almost lost his life” when he was “dragged by a car six months ago.”
The Washington Post, citing an anonymous source, also reported that the officer involved in the June case was the one who shot Good.
As an ICE agent, he is a member of a specialized response team that the agency says works on high-risk arrest warrants and removals of dangerous criminals.
The June incident also took place in Minnesota, where, according to federal court records seen by the BBC, Ross and several other agents were attempting to apprehend a Guatemalan man, Roberto Carlos Muñoz.
When Ross told the driver to roll down his window and open his door, Muñoz refused.
Ross then reached into Muñoz’s vehicle with his right hand and attempted to unlock the driver’s side door. Muñoz arrived on the sidewalk and accelerated. Ross’s right arm was trapped in the vehicle and he was dragged with it.
The officer fired his Taser at Muñoz, hitting him with several spikes in the side of the head, face and shoulder, but Muñoz continued driving for about 12 seconds until he managed to shake off the officer.
Photos released in court documents showed a man apparently lying in a hospital bed and suffering injuries to his right arm.
A jury found Muñoz guilty of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. He is currently detained and has not yet been sentenced.
It’s unclear when the officer returned to work after the June incident.
