What Bystanders Saw and Heard That Morning
As footage of the fatal shooting spread online, eyewitnesses began speaking out. In an interview with NBC News, local Lynette Reini-Grandell described the scene just moments before Good was shot.
She confirmed that several people were shouting at ICE agents, but what she heard moments later next sent chills down her spine.
Venus de Mars and Lynette Reini-Grandell, witnesses to Renee Nicole Good’s confrontation with an ICE agent on January 7, 2026
“I would say less than 60 seconds after I passed her, I heard these three pops,” Reini-Grandell explained. “And then almost immediately, the crash of her hitting that parked car.”
When asked whether she noticed any confrontation or behavior that suggested the vehicle or Good posed a threat, Reini-Grandell was blunt.
People gathered near Renee Nicole Good’s car crash site after she was shot by an ICE agent on January 7, 2026
“No, I didn’t even hear anything from the car. I, you know, people on the sidewalks were screaming at the ICE agents like, ‘Get out of our neighborhood!’ that sort of thing. […] But no,” she affirmed.
Despite this firsthand account, the Department of Homeland Security and President Donald Trump have painted a drastically different picture of what unfolded that morning.
Renee Nicole Good’s alleged wife standing near the car crash site after she was shot by an ICE agent on January 7, 2026
Officials Defend the Shooting While City Leaders Push Back
At a press conference held in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made a fiery statement defending the actions of the ICE agent who fired the fatal shots at Good. According to Noem, Good had been “stalking and impeding” ICE agents throughout the morning.
