Minneapolis ICE shooting updates: Protests remain peaceful despite arrests: Officials

The mayor praised demonstrators for keeping things civil.

Last Updated: January 10, 2026, 11:20 PM EST

Tensions are flaring in Minneapolis after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a 37-year-old woman on Wednesday.

The Department of Homeland Security has alleged that the victim, Renee Good, was attempting to run over law enforcement officers when an ICE officer fatally shot her Wednesday morning -- a claim that local officials have disputed.

Jan 08, 2026, 12:45 PM EST

Walz: 'Very difficult that we will get a fair outcome'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said it feels "very difficult that we will get a fair outcome" in the FBI's probe into the deadly shooting.

"We have learned that the Trump administration has now denied the state that ability to participate in the investigation. And I just want to make this as clear as possible to everyone: Minnesota must be part of this investigation," he said during a press briefing on Thursday.

Walz said that a "thorough investigation by non-partisan professionals" is the only way to determine what happened.

Protesters confront federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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Jan 08, 2026, 12:39 PM EST

Conflicting messages from feds and local officials

The Department of Homeland Security alleges the woman was "attempting to run over our law enforcement officers" when the officer shot her. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed it was an "act of domestic terrorism" and argued that the vehicle was a "deadly weapon."

But the Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor are disputing the government's claims, with the mayor saying that, according to videos, the victim, Renee Good, wasn't driving her car toward the agent or using her car as a weapon.

"This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying -- getting killed," Mayor Jacob Frey said.

Jan 08, 2026, 12:35 PM EST

University mourns shooting victim

Renee Good was a 2020 graduate from Old Dominion University in Virginia, according to the school's president, Brian Hemphill, who said it is "with great sadness that Old Dominion University mourns the loss of one of our own."

She graduated from the College of Arts and Letters with a degree in English, according to Hemphill.

"May Renee's life be a reminder of what unites us: freedom, love, and peace," he said in a statement. "My hope is for compassion, healing, and reflection at a time that is becoming one of the darkest and most uncertain periods in our nation's history."

A picture of Renee Nicole Good is displayed Jan. 8, 2026 near a makeshift memorial for Good, who was fatally shot January 7 by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Jan 08, 2026, 12:20 PM EST

Noem says ICE officer who shot and killed woman is 'experienced'

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the ICE officer involved in the deadly shooting is "experienced," though did not go into further detail during a press briefing in New York on Thursday.

"I'm not going to get specific to this officer, but he's an experienced officer that has served a number of years, and we recognize that he acted according to his training," she said.

She doubled down on her assertion that the officer was responding to an "act of domestic terrorism."

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference at One World Trade Center, January 08, 2026 in New York City.
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