What independent investigations and body‑camera footage exist regarding the Renee Nicole Good shooting?

1. Federal investigation: FBI control, DOJ role and limits claimed by state officials

Federal agencies, led publicly by the FBI, assumed control of the probe into the shooting and the Justice Department signaled it was overseeing federal inquiries, but Minnesota officials say they were effectively frozen out and have pressed for state involvement; the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has said it is not opening a civil‑rights probe at this time, a point of sharp disagreement with local leaders ^{[3] [2]}.

2. State prosecutors and requests for public evidence

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison moved to gather independent evidence, asking the public to submit photos, videos and eyewitness accounts and saying their office was “exploring all options” to ensure a state‑level investigation could continue despite being sidelined by federal control ^{[2] [4]}.

3. Resignations and political controversy around investigation priorities

The New York Times reporting, summarized in contemporary coverage, documents resignations by career federal prosecutors in Minnesota who protested what they described as a Justice Department shift away from scrutinizing the shooter and toward investigating the victim’s associates — a move that has been cited as evidence of political interference in the investigative priorities ^[2].

4. What video exists: agent’s cellphone clip and multiple bystander angles

A 47‑second cellphone video filmed by the ICE agent who fired was published by Alpha News and subsequently verified as authentic by multiple outlets including CBC; that clip, which contains audio and shows Good in her vehicle moments before the shots, has been widely circulated and used by officials defending the shooting as self‑defense ^{[1] [3] [5]}.

5. Additional footage and media reconstructions

Beyond the agent’s cellphone clip, news organizations have obtained and compared multiple angles: CNN reported a longer, grainier four‑minute view leading up to the shooting; BBC Verify and local stations like FOX9 and ABC have pieced together side‑by‑side and timeline reconstructions from bystander, traffic and other camera sources to create a fuller chronology of events ^{[6] [3] [7] [8] [9]}.

6. Body‑worn camera status: policy, ambiguity and non‑release

ICE policy requires body‑worn cameras during enforcement and retention of footage for serious incidents, and multiple reports say agents at the scene were equipped with body‑worn cameras; however, those recordings have not been publicly released and media outlets and AP note conflicting or unanswered claims about whether the shooter was wearing an activated body cam at the moment of the firing ^{[2] [10] [6]}.

7. Competing narratives and evidentiary limits

Federal and DHS spokespeople argue the agent’s video corroborates that Good “weaponized” her vehicle and that the agent acted in fear for his life, while critics — including local officials and forensic analysts cited by CNN and opinion pieces — note that multiple cars moved around Good, question the tactical choice of filming on a cellphone rather than relying on body cams, and insist that video alone does not settle legal culpability; reporting also highlights that lack of released body‑cam footage and constrained state access to the probe leave important factual gaps unresolved ^{[5] [6] [11] [3]}.

8. What remains unanswered in available reporting

Public records compiled by news organizations show vivid, corroborated video fragments and a contested federal investigation, but they also make clear that full body‑worn camera files and complete investigatory findings have not been disclosed; therefore, any definitive judgment about legal liability or about the totality of recorded evidence cannot be drawn from the materials currently in the public domain covered by these sources ^{[2] [3] [1]}.