Renee Good's Family Sues US Government, Officials Over Fatal Shooting

Renee Good's family filed two federal lawsuits against the US government and federal officials on Thursday, nine months after she was fatally shot by an immigration agent in Minneapolis.

The lawsuits were filed by Good's partner, Becca Good, and Renee's brother, Brent Ganger, who is also trustee for her three minor children. The first lawsuit, filed against the United States, alleges wrongful death, battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The second lawsuit alleges civil rights conspiracy and excessive force, naming ICE agent Jonathan Ross, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and White House border czar Tom Homan.

Good, 37, was shot on January 7 during "Operation Metro Surge," a federal immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Bystander video shows Good in the driver's seat of a red SUV, blocking part of the road and honking her horn. Two immigration officers ordered Good out of the car. Good reversed briefly, then turned the steering wheel, attempting to drive away, as Becca Good shouted, "Drive, baby, drive!"

An officer then fired into the windshield and two more times into the open driver's side window, fatally shooting Good. Good's family claims Ross was never at risk of being run over and that Good posed no danger. Federal officials at the time defended the shooting, claiming Ross acted in self-defense and that Good engaged in an act of domestic terrorism.