ICE agent in Minneapolis killing identified as 10-year law enforcement veteran

[ancianita]

Source: The Guardian

The ICE agent involved in the lethal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an immigration sweep in Minneapolis on Wednesday is Jonathan David Ross, according to court records that closely match the description of a June 2025 incident involving the agent in Bloomington, Minnesota, cited by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and JD Vance. Ross is a Minneapolis resident and 10-year veteran of the special response team of ICE’s enforcement and removal operation.

The death of Good, a mother of three, sparked outrage in Minneapolis and strident rebukes from Minnesota officials and on Capitol Hill. Thousands of people gathered in protest near the site of the shooting Wednesday night, and some Democrats on Capitol Hill have threatened to withhold funding to the Department of Homeland Security. Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, said on Wednesday: “To ICE: get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Federal officials have so far refused to identify the officer, though the Minneapolis Star Tribune first identified Ross on Thursday. The Federal Bureau of Investigation also refused on Thursday to involve Minnesota law enforcement in the investigation of Good’s killing, prompting the governor, Tim Walz, to say “it feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome”...

Property records and voter registration reviewed by the Guardian confirm that a 46-year-old man named Jonathan David Ross lives in north-east Minneapolis, Minnesota. The FBI agent’s affidavit contains a picture of Ross from the back, and he has the same haircut as in videos of Good’s fatal shooting.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/ice-agent-minneapolis-shooting

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more at the webarchive link... https://archive.ph/JIpdn

Jonathan David Ross

[UpInArms]

1. He needs to turn himself in to the Minneapolis police and be held for the charge of murder

He should not be able to draw another free breath in his lifetime… he stole that woman’s life and destroyed the trust of a nation

[ancianita]

3. The local DA can also have a bench warrant served (for cause) for his arrest.

There will be charging documents, an arrest, and then an arraignment. There will be a fight over jurisdiction, but DHS has nothing. It will lose in court since Ross is also a MN resident. Bondi's DOJ doesn't even have jurisdiction.

[Shipwack]

33. It'd be a tough case to prosecute...

Without cooperation from the FBI or DHS.

Granted, there is lots of video of the crime, but putting him conclusively at the scene beyond a reasonable doubt might be difficult. He doesn’t have to prove he -wasn’t- there, they have to prove he -was-.

I don’t like it either, on many different levels.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

34. Very interesting...

... I hadn't yet put together the "Minnesota resident", giving the state jurisdiction to overpower the Feds at this stage.

[underpants]

2. "cited by the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, and JD Vance. "

They use doxxing as an excuse for the masks but then they went and doxxed him.
Jesus they are stupid.

Here’s her giving actual reporters apparently all they need.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220921322

[ancianita]

4. They've already hurt any chance of fighting over jurisdiction on his case. Doxxing is always an authoritarian pretext

for lawlessness by law enforcement.

You'll like this one.

https://www.techdirt.com

There are plenty of things going on that are infuriating. Ever day this administration finds new ways to spit on the Constitution. We’re still dealing with the illegal invasion of Venezuela, and apparent plans to attack multiple other nations around the Western Hemisphere.

But Renee Nicole Good’s murder cuts through all of that noise. A masked federal agent murdered an American citizen in broad daylight for no reason at all. The administration lied about it with video evidence directly contradicting every word. The media called it “disputed.” And thousands of people said no.

The institutional guardrails have failed. The courts warned us this would happen and it happened anyway. The media won’t hold power accountable. So the work falls to us—to show up, to document, to refuse to accept the lies, to make the cost of this violence too high to sustain.
ICE must be abolished. This cannot stand. And anyone who makes excuses for what happened yesterday has chosen a side, and it’s not the side of America or freedom or anything resembling justice.

Renee Nicole Good was a poet, a mother, and a citizen murdered by her own government for the crime of existing near an ICE agent having a bad day. Remember her name. Remember what they did. And remember that they lied about it even with the cameras rolling.

[TheRickles]

7. What did she actually say? I don't want to sign up for X in order to hear the 9-second clip. Thanks.

[ancianita]

13. It's on YouTube. Keep MSNOW on, they'll probably play it tonight.

[Miguelito Loveless]

10. Actually, Noem "doxxed" him herself

when she told the public he was involved in a "car dragging" incident last year.

She drew reporters a map.

[underpants]

17. Yeah Vance just repeated it but the Star Tribune was already on it

As I posted elsewhere, they seem to think this was an excuse or explanation. 🙄
It may actually establish motive ….other than being a homicidal maniac who was clearly chomping at the bit.

I just included the whole quote.

[neohippie]

38. Noem is admitting that he has known PTSD issues

If ICE knew this agent has PTSD issues why are they still allowing him to have a weapon and work in this same situation that could trigger PTSD, isn't that admitting that they recklessly endanger the public with this loose cannon who violated DOJ own use of force policy? Now we know that this guy has ten years of service so he should have known what he was doing goes against their own policy too

[Miguelito Loveless]

39. Law enforcement at all levels

is awash with mentally disturbed people.

ACAB,

[Deuxcents]

5. Soon, his address and family will be known, too.

[ancianita]

6. It's already in current court records, a matter of public record. No doxxing necessary.

[AZJonnie]

11. If a whole bunch of people take to the internet and broadcast his address and other contact info from those records

They would be "doxxing" him. That's pretty much what the word refers to. Official records like this are pretty much where all "doxxing" starts.

[ancianita]

12. Sure. But then there's the well known fact that he's a resident of Minneapolis.

[AZJonnie]

19. If I, for example, went into public records and found out where Ross lives and other contact information

that would enable others to make his life miserable, and blasted it as best I could across the internet, I'd be "doxxing him", and it doesn't matter that I got that info from a public record, because as I say, that sort of source is where most info used in "doxxing" comes from.

Generally it's used to specifically refer to the wide dissemination of the personal contact info (address, phone, social media accounts, emails) on the internet (by someone not in authority) of someone who's done something that's not necessarily criminal, but is socially objectionable to many. Like a "Karen" in someone's youtube video, that type of thing.

Noem did not "dox" Agent Ross by the common definition of the word is my main point

[ancianita]

21. I agree. No issue here.

MN's not a state to tolerate digital vigilantism, anyway. Doesn't mean it's not happening, but it's pretty logical that Ross's whole neighborhood knows who he is, anyway. So the Noem doxxing is just pundit drama.

[AZJonnie]

22. I love a consensus :) (n/t)

[questionseverything]

37. His neighbors might be surprised to see him murdering a young woman

I wouldn’t let my kid play with his kid, would you?

[ancianita]

42. Well, I wouldn't take my opinion of a parent out on his kid. But I do understand what you mean.

[questionseverything]

43. Seriously, you would let your kid play in a murderers house?

If people associate with murders, they must approve

[AZJonnie]

8. Cops are trained to not purposefully place themselves in front of a running, manned vehicle

So my presumption is that he thinks when he's working in his ICE guise, he can do whatever the fuck he wants, including carefully positioning himself in front of a running car exactly where he can 1) move out of the way without being hit, and 2) still claim 'self defense' when he executes a female US citizen by shooting her in the face even if she's clearly trying to avoid him when pulling out.

[ancianita]

9. Yes. Here are previous court records with photos showing Ross doing just that with a "suspect" charged.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.225948/gov.uscourts.mnd.225948.1.1_1.pdf

[AZJonnie]

15. Certainly not defending Munoz in this circumstance, but this still seems like a bonehead move by Ross

There were other avenues if the driver was refusing to comply, such as calling in backup and making sure the vehicle was pinned in before attempting to breach it. As long as there's still a very real possibility the driver could speed away, seems like an officer would be trained to NOT shove their arm into a hole in the window they've just created

[ancianita]

16. Not at all. Munoz should have gotten a lawyer before this encounter, because photos show that how this arrest proceeded

wasn't proper law enforcement procedure; at least it doesn't look like it to me, and a lawyer should be sorting this out. imo, Ross might have desperately wanted this local case made into a federal deportation case.

[lostnfound]

18. A quibble about 'Accelerating away at a high rate of speed' and a question about tasers

Acceleration is the rate of change in velocity with respect to time. The document states that he ‘accelerated away at a high rate of speed’ which is sloppy wording and not too logical. You can accelerate at a high rate, you can accelerate while driving at a high speed (also imprecise) — but really they could have gotten more specific.

Second, this states that he fired the taser twice, but Munoz was undeterred. If you are pressing on an accelerator and are struck with a taser, would your leg muscle relax (let off the gas) or continue to be energized (remain in same position)?

[ancianita]

20. I hear you. I'm wondering just where MN's excellent AG, Keith Ellison is. Is he dealing with these events?

I hope he's got some state level legal action going on behind the scenes. I hope he's conferring with CA's and NY's AG's on this. Because those states are going to be next.

[AZJonnie]

24. Ooooh, busting out the physics definitions and calling for precision in language!

And generally being pedantic

I love it!

[FakeNoose]

23. Did he realize he was being filmed and there were at least 10 witnesses seeing the entire incident?

Probably not

[ancianita]

14. This all has to go to a MN state court soon. Things are getting way worse because of this murder. More from The Guardian

This is an UPDATE from the Guardian article posted four hours ago...

Despite local officials’ calls for federal law enforcement to leave the state, the New York Times reported on Thursday that the Trump administration will deploy more than 100 US Customs and Border Protection agents and officers to Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Good.

The agents will be redirected from operations in Chicago and New Orleans. The deployment is expected to last until Sunday, the newspaper reported, citing documents it obtained.

Noem also stated that ICE operations would continue in Minneapolis, which saw a surge of about 2,000 federal agents this week to target immigrant populations.

https://archive.ph/vR5TK

[2na fisherman]

25. Ten Years In ICE

With this kind of history it shouldn't be too hard to obtain records of his "prior-use-of-force" to see if he has a pattern of abusing his authority. And before he was hired by ICE, was there anything in his past employment or military service records flagging him as a loose cannon. All this should be revealed by the prosecution if/when he is ever brought up on murder charges. And he deserves to have his entire life story searched. Unfortunately, it does seem like his defenders in the government must already be scrubbing his records to hide anything negative in his past and coaching him on his cover story defense. They even let him leave the scene of an officer involved shooting without securing his weapon for ballistics evaluation and other elements of the scene were disturbed contrary to proper police processing of a crime scene. Who was his ICE supervisor on duty and why was the scene so badly handled? ICE has no business continuing to be a law enforcement agency if they cannot provide proper accountability for their actions. Defund this undemocratic secret police.

[SSJVegeta]

27. Curious what happens when the court records are searched....

Pretty sure we will find out soon

[Klarkashton]

28. Apparently he was involved in some shit

Where he got tangled up with a moving car a while back.

The guy must be one goddamn dimwit asshole.

[ancianita]

30. I hear you. But given the information climate of this administration,

what used to be not too hard is made hard so that govt accountability and transparency disappear. At all levels.

THIS:

Defund this undemocratic secret police.

EXACTLY what Congress should do with DHS, the CBP and ICE overall.

[SSJVegeta]

26. Looks like there are grounds for arrest at this point

Information from the FBI could be subpoenaed and obtained later with bail denied.

[ancianita]

31. At the state level. There will first be a jurisdictional fight in courts about this. And the state will win.

Why? Governors' powers and states' rights.

[Klarkashton]

29. Weird Beard Vance is big on hiding the facts of this case

And doing a white wash of the whole mess.

[iemanja]

32. Can't believe he lives in Minneapolis

NE no less. I thought he was out of state or at least suburban.

[Woodycall]

35. God help me,

but I'm so fucking pissed-off, I would like to know where he lives...

BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

"Special Care"

You there, in the window,
Lookin' at me, do you think I'm,
Blowing' my cool, playin' the fool?

You there, on the corner,
Starin' at me, do you think I'm,
Trouble? Would you like to shoot me down?

And it's time for all that Special Care, to be taken,
To make you aware, of the forsaken,
If you don't care, then we'll come and burn your house down.

Come on over sometime and talk about how all men are created equal,
Only some, they mo' equal than others…

[Aussie105]

36. This was always going to happen.

If not there and then, somewhere else at a different time.

All you need is one irate law officer/ICE agent who forgets about keeping his finger off the trigger unless he sees a gun, and there you go.

Next?
Civil war?
Running gun battles between ICE and groups of armed civilians?

[Justice]

40. Observations

1. ICE agent drew his gun well before the vehicle moved. No other iCE agent drew their weapons - including the guy who stuck his arm in the open car window. He seemed all too ready/eager to engage. After shooting, other ICE agents did not support agent at all, almost moved away from him.

2. ICE must establish each of the 3 shots were justified by self defense. ICE agent’s first shot was in low right front window, angle makes challenging to claim he was in front of car. Second and third shots were through open window. Definitely not in danger of being hit by car at this point.


3. After shooting, ICE agents did not race to check on victim - to see if she was still capable of inflicting harm on them or to render aid. Slow walking, slow moving of vehicles. No sense of urgency.

4. Prior injuries to ICE agent could be used to show his state of mind. Both to show maybe not fit to return to service (was he retrained, etc), and to show he acted as he did b/c of prior incidents (so it was reasonable for him to act as he did or not). Seems odd a guy who had been dragged by a car would step around a car as he did - you think he’d be less likely to do that.

[Jilly_in_VA]

41. I wouldn't be surprised

if he's already been "disappeared" from Minnesota and hidden out somewhere else where Minnesota law can't catch him. That would be this government's way, wouldn't it?