Originally published January 8, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. ET and updated January 9, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. ET with additional reporting and videos
Riots have broken out in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a woman was shot and killed by an ICE officer amid a Department of Homeland Security operation that sent 2,000 additional agents to the sanctuary city.
The Shooting
According to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, an ICE vehicle got stuck in the snow and, as law enforcement agents attempted to free it, a group of agitators began blocking them in and shouting at them. Videos on social media show a maroon Honda Pilot, driven by 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, stopped perpendicularly on Portland Avenue. Defenders have called Good a “legal observer,” but an eye witness said she was blocking traffic in hopes of impeding ICE efforts.
Prior to the shooting, a woman who has since identified herself as Good’s wife can be seen walking closely behind an agent who appears to be the person who eventually opens fire. The woman has her phone up, likely recording him. The agent also has a phone in his hand, likely recording her. It is unclear what led the two to take out their phones.
That leads to the video of what happened with the vehicle Good was driving. While the female protester and agent appear to be filming each other, a grey pickup truck pulls up to the scene. Two federal agents get out of the vehicle. Good can be heard saying, “What’s going on?” The officers quickly walked up and told her to “get out of the car” and then “get out of the fucking car.”
Good’s window was down and she was looking directly at them. She then put her car into reverse. Right as she reversed her car, the agent who fired the shot moved in front of the vehicle near the driver’s side headlight.
In the forefront of the footage (which you can watch in the video above) you initially only see the agent at the driver’s side door fighting to get the car door open as Good begins to reverse. The agent who fired the shots then moved into frame in front of the SUV while Good was still reversing. She immediately put the car in drive and started moving forward, and the video shows no hesitation between Good reversing the vehicle and putting it into drive.
About two seconds passed between the tires moving forward and the gun firing. The same agent fired two more rounds. The SUV continued moving forward and eventually crashed into a parked car. The agent who is believed to have fired the gun walked towards the crashed SUV, before walking back up and telling others to call 911.
Another video of the shooting obtained by the local ABC affiliate offers additional detail that Megyn said is “key.” In that footage, you can see the agent put his foot back to brace himself as he was hit by the car before he fired and moved to the side.
As Megyn reported on Thursday’s show, the agent who fired his gun was still holding his cell phone at the time of the shooting. She said video footage from his vantage point would be “explosive evidence” if this case ever ends up in court, and now we know exactly what was caught on tape.
On Friday, Alpha News obtained the cellphone footage showing the perspective of federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting:
“What we see there is [the driver’s] wife antagonizing ICE. This was obviously part of an op. She’s filming them, she’s trying to upset them, and I didn’t realize the wife was trying to get into the car at the time Renee Good steps on the accelerator and hits the cop,” Megyn noted. “You can hear the collision. You can hear her hit him.”
You can also see, Megyn added, where Good was looking when she started to pull away. “If you slow it down and you look at the screen grab of Renee Good’s face, you can see she saw him. She’s looking right at him… She clearly saw the officer and accelerated,” she observed. “I don’t know that she wanted to run him over. I don’t know what she intended, but it doesn’t matter. What he saw was a dangerous instrumentality about to kill him and that is why he opened fire.”
The Reaction
Noem has defended the ICE agent, who was treated at a local hospital and released. “It’s very clear that this individual was harassing and impeding law enforcement operations,” she told reporters. “Our officer followed his training, did exactly what he’s been taught to do in that situation, and took actions to defend himself and defend his fellow law enforcement officers.”
In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump also characterized the incident as self-defense. “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 part.
Minnesota officials have had a different take. Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey quickly placed blame on the Trump administration with inflammatory remarks at a press conference. “We’ve dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ICE presence in Minneapolis. What they are doing is not to provide safety in America,” he railed. “What they are doing is causing chaos and distrust. They’re ripping families apart. They’re sowing chaos on our streets. And in this case, quite literally killing people.”
“They are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense,” Frey added. “Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bullshit and I have a message for ICE. To ICE: Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
The mayor called the administration’s assertions that the officer acted in self-defense a “garbage narrative,” something echoed by embattled Gov. Tim Walz. The Dem referred to the operation as a “dangerous, sensationalized threat to public safety.”
Tensions flared in the streets in the hours following the incident, and Walz placed the Minnesota National Guard on a warning order in anticipation of unrest. The shooting is under investigation by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and FBI.
New Details
While the ICE agent who fired his gun remains unidentified, Megyn reported a “stunning update” in the case on Thursday. DHS has confirmed the agent was involved in an incident last summer that was very similar to what happened in Minneapolis.
Per the Department of Justice, law enforcement officers attempted to arrest Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, a convicted sex offender, on an immigration order on June 17, 2025. Agents stopped him, but he was uncooperative and refused to follow directions.
After warning him several times, an agent, who we believe is the same agent involved in yesterday’s shooting, broke the back window so that he could open the vehicle from the inside. The man then accelerated his car. As he sped away, the agent’s arm became trapped between the seat and the car frame. Munoz-Guatemala dragged the federal agent for more than 100 yards, while weaving back and forth in an attempt to shake him from the car. The agent was eventually jarred free from the car but suffered significant injuries to his arms and hand.
This previous incident, Megyn said, could prove to be incredibly relevant to the agent’s reasonable perception of what was happening to him in Minneapolis.
Legal Analysis
With many on the left and in corporate media ratcheting up the rhetoric and seemingly trying to turn this situation into the summer of 2020 all over again, Megyn said “you really do have to pay attention to understand the law and what’s real.”
This week, she was joined by attorneys and MK True Crime contributors Dave Aronberg, Phil Holloway, and Ashleigh Merchant to break down what the law and Jesse Kelly to reflect on the media narrative.
The Possible Lawsuits
Megyn and the legal experts discuss the potential for criminal and civil lawsuits related to the shooting, the components that will come into play from all sides, and more.
The Key Question of the Case
Megyn, Aronberg, Holloway, and Merchant debate the key question of whether the ICE agent felt he was in danger, the problem with eyewitness accounts, and more.
The Media Narrative
Megyn and Kelly slam the gaslighting surrounding the ICE shooting and react to how CNN’s Anderson Cooper and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow refused to report the facts to protect the narrative.
You can check out Megyn’s full analysis by tuning in on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Channel (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.