Family Sues US Government Over ICE Officer's Fatal Minneapolis Shooting

Good's partner, Becca Good, and her brother Brent Ganger filed two lawsuits Thursday against the U.S. government and named immigration officials. They allege wrongful death, civil rights violations, and conspiracy in the killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.

• One lawsuit names officer Jonathan Ross, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Gregory Bovino, and Corey Lewandowski.
• Federal officials said the officer acted in self-defense and called Good's actions 'an act of domestic terrorism.'
• At least 10 people have died in encounters with immigration officers during Trump's second term.
• Good was a mother of three; she and Becca Good had recently moved to Minneapolis from Kansas City.

Why it matters: The cases test whether senior political officials bear liability for a field officer's use of force during immigration enforcement.

• Good's death, along with that of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti weeks later in Minneapolis, drew nationwide calls to constrain immigration enforcement tactics.

How 49 sources split on this story

Where they split: The central factual dispute is whether the shooting was lawful self-defense, as federal officials claim, or an unjustified killing, as the family's lawsuits allege.

What’s next: The lawsuits proceed through federal court; outcomes could set precedent on officer and official liability.

• Will federal courts allow civil rights claims against senior political officials for field-level enforcement decisions?
• Will the Justice Department bring or decline criminal charges against officer Jonathan Ross?