Did ice agent get hit by car driven by Renee Goid?
Executive summary
DHS officials have said ICE agent Jonathan Ross was struck by Renee Nicole Good’s SUV and suffered internal bleeding to his torso, an account the department and some national outlets have repeated [1] [2] [3]. Independent video analyses and multiple news organizations, including The New York Times, BBC and Forbes, report that the footage does not clearly show Ross being run over and raise serious doubts about whether he was struck at all [4] [5] [6].
1. DHS and federal accounts: the claim that Ross was struck
Department of Homeland Security officials publicly stated that the ICE officer who fired on Good suffered internal bleeding after being hit by her vehicle, and DHS spokespeople and some federal allies framed the shooting as defensive, saying the agent “was struck” and feared for his life [1] [2] [3]. Those assertions have been repeated in multiple outlets that quoted DHS or administration officials describing an injury to the agent’s torso and portraying the encounter as a car-ramming threat [1] [7].
2. Video evidence and independent reporting: why the claim is contested
A review of available videos by outlets including The New York Times, BBC and Forbes concluded the footage does not clearly show Ross being run over; some analyses find no indication the SUV struck him, while others note only a brief clip showing the vehicle “clip” the agent’s front corner, leaving room for divergent interpretations [4] [8] [6]. The Times’ review described video moments that are ambiguous about physical contact, and BBC reporting highlights that the agent appears to remain on his feet in some clips — all of which undercut a definitive visual confirmation that he was struck [4] [5] [8].
3. Medical and incident records: partial corroboration, notable gaps
Several news organizations reported that U.S. officials told them the agent suffered internal bleeding to the torso, an assertion presented as a medical update from DHS [1] [2]. Yet contemporaneous incident records released to the public — including fire and police reports — do not document the agent receiving on-scene medical treatment, and local officials, including Minneapolis’ mayor, publicly downplayed visible injury at the scene, saying Ross “walked out” with what the mayor characterized as a minor hip injury [9] [1] [6]. That mismatch between the federal medical claim and on-scene documentation is central to why independent outlets flag the injury claim as unresolved [9] [6].
4. Political and investigative context: competing narratives and ongoing probes
Top federal figures and the White House framed the episode as an act of self-defense and a response to an alleged attempt to run over an agent, while city and state leaders and civil-rights advocates have called the shooting reckless and demanded investigations, reflecting sharply opposed political narratives [7] [8]. The incident remains under investigation by federal authorities; the FBI and other agencies have been reported as reviewing the shooting and the surrounding evidence, and lawsuits and legislative responses have followed in its wake, underscoring that legal fact-finding is still underway [5] [8].
5. Assessment: the factual bottom line
The claim that the agent “was hit by Renee Good’s car” is supported by official DHS statements asserting the agent suffered internal bleeding after contact [1] [2], but independent video analyses and contemporaneous local incident records do not provide clear visual or documentary confirmation and explicitly raise doubts — meaning the assertion is disputed and not conclusively proven in the public record [4] [6] [9]. With federal investigations ongoing and competing accounts from federal spokespeople, local officials and multiple news analyses, the most accurate present conclusion is: authorities say the agent was struck and injured, but available videos and incident reports leave the question unresolved pending further investigative findings [1] [4] [9].