WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman fatally shot in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, said the couple stopped to support their neighbors the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness.
“We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said Friday in a written statement provided to Minnesota Public Radio.
The statement was his first public comment on the death of Renee Good, 37, who was killed Wednesday after three Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surrounded her Honda Pilot SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from the couple’s home. Video taken by bystanders shows a police officer approaching the SUV stopped in the middle of the road, demanding that the driver open the door and grab the handle.
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The vehicle begins to move forward and another ICE officer standing in front of him draws his gun and immediately fires at least two shots at point-blank range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.
Trump administration officials have portrayed Renee Good as a domestic terrorist who attempted to run over an officer with her vehicle. State and local officials in Minneapolis, as well as protesters, rejected that characterization.
Becca Good did not respond to calls and messages from The Associated Press. His statement provided no additional details about the day of the shooting and instead focused on remembering his wife.
The couple had just moved to Minneapolis and were raising Renee Good’s 6-year-old son from a previous marriage.
Becca said Renee was a Christian who “knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: We are here to love each other, care for each other, and keep each other safe and whole.”
A photo of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent, sits near candles bearing the names of people who were killed by ICE agents or died in custody, during a vigil for her in Seattle, Washington, January 8, 2026. Photo by David Ryder/Reuters
She thanked people across America and the world who supported their family.
“Renée was glowing. She was literally glowing,” Becca Good wrote. “I mean, she didn’t wear glitter but I swear she had glitter coming out of her pores. All the time. You’d think it was just my love talking, but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.”
Far from the worst criminals that President Donald Trump said his immigration crackdown would target, Good was a Colorado-born U.S. citizen who apparently was never charged with anything more than a simple traffic ticket.
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On social media, she described herself as “a poet and a writer, a wife and a mother.” She said she’s “currently living in Minneapolis,” posting a pride emoji on her Instagram account. A profile photo posted to Pinterest shows her smiling and holding a young child to her cheek, along with posts about tattoos, hairstyles and home decor.
Her ex-husband, who asked not to be named out of concern for the safety of the two now-teenage children he had with Renee Good during their marriage, told the AP on Wednesday that he had never seen her participate in a protest of any kind.
Becca Good said the couple, who previously lived in Kansas City, Mo., settled in Minneapolis after an “extended road trip.” She said people she met in the Twin Cities expressed a strong feeling that “they were looking out for each other.”
“We raised our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, we all deserve compassion and kindness,” Becca wrote. “I must now raise our son and continue to teach him, as Renée believed, that there are people who are building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and that we must show them a better way.”
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