A video taken by a U.S. immigration officer who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been released showing the moments before the gunshots rang out.
A 47-second video obtained by Minnesota-based media outlet Alpha News shows Renee Nicole Good sitting behind the wheel of her car talking with officers.
US Vice President J.D. Vance shared the footage on social media, commenting that the operatives acted in self-defense. Local authorities insist the woman was not in danger.
Mr Good's wife paid tribute to the 37-year-old, saying the couple were trying to support their neighbors when she was shot. Her death sparked protests across the United States.
President Donald Trump's administration said Goode attempted to run over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer after blocking a road and disrupting business operations.
The BBC has asked the Department of Homeland Security and the White House for comment on the new video released Friday.
The video begins with the officer getting out of his car and filming himself walking around Good's car. There's a dog in the back seat.
Good says, “That's fine. I'm not mad at you.”
A second woman, believed to be his wife, is standing on the street filming the conversation on her cell phone. She apparently told the ICE officer: “We don't change the plates every morning…Just to be clear, when you come to talk later, it'll be the same plate.”
She further added: “Do you want to come over to us? Go get some lunch, bro.”
Another agent approaches Good's driver's seat and yells an expletive: “Get out of the car.”
The agent filming the clip moves in front of Good's car as he backs up.
Within a few confused seconds, she turned the wheel to the right and drove forward.
The camera soars skyward. I heard a voice say, “Wow! Wow!'' and then I heard a bang.
At the end of the video, the car is seen swerving down the road. ICE agents swear.
Other videos from the scene released earlier showed ICE officers standing around the maroon SUV as it crashed onto the side of the road.
The FBI is investigating this incident.
Asked about the video at the White House on Friday, President Trump said: “You have instigators. We will always protect ICE, and we will always protect Border Patrol and law enforcement.”
On Friday, Vance reposted the video to X and defended the agent's actions, saying, “The reality is his life was in danger and he fired in self-defense.”
White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt also reposted the video, saying the media had vilified an ICE officer who “adequately protected himself from being run over.”
Good's wife, Becca Good, told local media that the couple went to the scene of the immigration enforcement operation to assist their neighbors.
“We had a whistle,” she said. “They had guns.”
When talking about Good, she said, “Kindness radiates from her.”
“We have raised our son to believe that no matter where we come from or what we look like, we are all entitled to compassion and kindness,” she added.
A spat erupted between Minnesota authorities and the federal government on Thursday after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCA) announced it had been denied access to evidence related to the case.
According to the BCA, the FBI initially said it would conduct a joint investigation, but later changed its mind.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) accused the Trump administration of obstructing state officials, but Vice President Vance said the investigation was a federal matter.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem previously claimed that ICE agents shot Good because they were trying to run her over with their car.
But Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis called that story false and said it was clear Good was trying to leave the scene rather than attack the operatives.
Demonstrators in Minneapolis and other U.S. cities Thursday night took part in a second night of protests over Goode's killing.
Marches took place in cities including Houston, Cincinnati, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, with some demonstrators holding signs calling for an end to ICE.
Gov. Walz said he has activated the National Guard to help secure the protests.
