Minneapolis — The woman shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been identified as Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old mother of three and a U.S. citizen who had recently moved to Minnesota, authorities and family members said.

Macklin Good was born in Colorado and appears to have had no prior encounters with law enforcement beyond a traffic ticket. She had relocated to Minneapolis last year from Kansas City, Missouri, and had described herself on social media as a “poet and writer and wife and mom.” Her online profiles showed family photos and posts about creative writing, music, and home décor, along with expressions of pride in her new city.

According to her ex-husband, who requested anonymity out of concern for their children’s safety, Macklin Good had just dropped off her 6-year-old son at school Wednesday morning and was driving home with her current partner when they encountered a group of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on a snowy Minneapolis street.

Video recorded by bystanders and shared on social media shows an officer approaching the vehicle, demanding that Macklin Good open the door and grabbing the handle. As the vehicle begins to move forward, a different ICE officer standing in front of the car draws his weapon and fires at least two shots into the vehicle at close range.

Calls and messages seeking comment from Macklin Good’s current partner were not immediately returned.
Following the shooting, Trump administration officials described Macklin Good as a domestic terrorist who attempted to ram federal agents with her vehicle. Her ex-husband strongly disputed that characterization, saying she was not politically active and had never participated in protests.
“She was no activist,” he said.

Family members described Macklin Good as deeply religious and community-minded. She was a devoted Christian who participated in youth mission trips to Northern Ireland in her younger years and loved music, singing in a high school chorus and studying vocal performance in college.

She later studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Virginia and won a writing prize in 2020, according to a post from the university’s English department. She also co-hosted a podcast with her second husband, who died in 2023.

Macklin Good is survived by three children: a daughter and a son, now ages 15 and 12, from her first marriage, and her 6-year-old son from her second marriage. In recent years, she was primarily a stay-at-home mother, though she previously worked as a dental assistant and at a credit union.

Her mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the family was notified of her daughter’s death late Wednesday morning.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” Ganger said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”

Authorities have not released further details about the investigation into the shooting.

Credit: Associated Press