Renee Nicole Good had just dropped off her six-year-old son at school when she encountered ICE agents, one of whom later shot her point-blank in Minneapolis, according to her ex-husband.
Good’s former partner, who asked not to be named for the safety of their kids, told The Associated Press that the 37-year-old mother was on her way home from a school drop-off when she had a tragic encounter with immigration agents. She left behind three kids, a daughter and a son aged 15 and 12 from her first marriage, and a six-year-old son from her second marriage.
Good died on Wednesday after an ICE agent shot her multiple times. Footage taken by bystanders showed Good beginning to drive away from the chaotic scene on a snowy Minneapolis street when an agent opened fire at her. Her vehicle slammed to a halt shortly after as witnesses erupted in outrage.
Trump administration officials swiftly sought to portray her as a domestic terrorist who was killed for trying to run over federal agents with her car, but her ex-husband knew a different side of the story.
The ex-husband said Good was not an activist, and he had no recollection of her ever joining a protest of any kind. He described her as a devoted Christian who took youth mission trips to Northern Ireland when she was younger.
Donna Granger, her mother, similarly said Good was “not part of anything like that at all,” referring to protests against ICE.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she told the Minnesota Star Tribune. “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.”
Good previously worked as a dental assistant and at a credit union, but was primarily a stay-at-home mom in recent years, the ex-husband said. She was a U.S. citizen born in Colorado whose run-ins with law enforcement appeared to be limited to a traffic ticket, according to the AP.
She also had a love for singing that she pursued in high school and college. Good studied creative writing at Old Dominion University in Virginia and won an award in 2020 for one of her poems. Her Instagram bio reads: “🏳️🌈 Poet and writer and wife and mom and shi--y guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN.”
Good’s second marriage was to Timmy Ray Macklin Jr., who died in 2023 at age 36. They hosted a podcast together.
Macklin’s father, Timmy Ray Macklin Sr., said he was shocked by the news of Good’s killing and expressed concern for his six-year-old grandchild.
“There’s nobody else in his life,” he told the Tribune. “I’ll drive. I’ll fly. To come and get my grandchild.”
President Donald Trump has shown little sympathy for the slain mother, instead choosing to echo his officials’ attacks on Good and defense of ICE agents.
“The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defense,” he wrote in an X post on Wednesday, reacting to a clip of the shooting.
