Rebecca Good, 40, is the wife and now widow of Renee Nicole Good, the 37-year-old woman who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a federal operation in Minneapolis. Rebecca was captured on video moments after the shooting, visibly distraught and repeatedly sobbing, “It’s my fault,” as she tried to help her partner.
According to witness accounts and public records, Rebecca is a handywoman who had recently moved her family to Minneapolis. Before settling there, the couple lived for about two years in the Waldo neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. Neighbors interviewed by local media described the family as quiet and far removed from any form of extremism.
After President Donald Trump was re-elected in 2024, Rebecca and Renee decided to leave the country for a period of time and moved to Canada for several months before returning to the United States and settling in Minneapolis. People familiar with the move said it was motivated by political and safety concerns, not by organized activism.
The day of the shooting
The incident occurred as federal agents were carrying out an immigration operation on a snow-covered residential street. Video from the scene shows Renee’s SUV idling in the roadway when an agent approached and ordered her out of the vehicle. Moments later, the car briefly reversed and then moved forward while turning to the right. An agent who had positioned himself in front of the vehicle jumped out of the way and fired three shots through the windshield and a side window. Renee was struck in the head and killed.
Rebecca was outside the vehicle at the time, apparently confronting ICE agents. According to the footage, she did not immediately realize her wife had been shot until the SUV accelerated and crashed into another car down the block. She was later seen kneeling in the snow, blood on her face, crying and saying she had been the one who asked Renee to come down and protest the ICE operation.
“I made her come down here; it’s my fault… They shot my wife. They shot her in the head. I have a 6-year-old in school,” Rebecca can be heard saying in videos circulated by news agencies.
Conflicting accounts
The Department of Homeland Security accused Renee Nicole Good of being a “domestic terrorist” who “weaponized” her vehicle in an attempt to kill ICE officers. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the couple was part of a group that had been “stalking and impeding” ICE agents throughout the day.
Family members strongly dispute that characterization. Renee’s mother, Donna Ganger, told the Star Tribune that her daughter was never “part of anything like that” and described her as “one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” deeply compassionate and devoted to caring for others.
A family left behind
Rebecca and Renee were raising Renee’s 6-year-old son together. Renee was also the mother of two older children from a previous relationship. On social media, she described herself as a “poet, writer, wife and mom,” and was originally from Colorado.
As investigations continue and the use of force by federal agents remains under intense scrutiny, Rebecca Good now faces life as a widow, grieving her wife’s death while confronting the uncertainty facing a family shattered by a tragedy that has reverberated far beyond Minneapolis.
