Hedge fund billionaire William Ackman has contributed $10,000 to a fundraiser supporting ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed a Minneapolis woman during a protest last week.
Ackman appears as the leading donor to a GoFundMe campaign for Ross that has collected over $160,000.
The prominent investor also shared the fundraiser on his social media platform X.
The incident occurred Wednesday in Minneapolis when Ross shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good three times in the face after she reportedly refused commands to leave her vehicle during a protest.
ICE officials stated that the shooting occurred after Good allegedly attempted to strike Ross with her burgundy SUV.
The agency maintains the mother of three deliberately drove toward the agent.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rejected ICE’s version of events, calling the agency’s account “bulls***.”
A separate GoFundMe established for Good raised over $1.5 million within 48 hours.
Good worked as a poet and had received training to actively resist ICE operations.
Clyde Emmons, who organized the fundraiser for Ross, labeled Good a “domestic terrorist” and stated the officer’s response was “1,000 percent justified.”
“Funds will go to help pay for any legal services this officer needs,” wrote Emmons, who operates from Michigan.
“I am currently in contact with his father and awaiting the officer’s response so I can send him the link to hand this over to him personally.”
This marks another high-profile donation from Ackman, who previously gave $99,999 to Syrian refugee Ahmed Al-Ahmed’s GoFundMe campaign.
Al-Ahmed sustained five gunshot wounds on Dec. 14 while attempting to disarm attackers at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Australia.
Ackman presented Al-Ahmed with a large gold menorah at a dinner event in New York that cost $1,000 per attendee, according to the Daily Mail.
“[Jews] are 0.2 per cent of the world. So seeing someone step forward on behalf of people he didn’t know, to risk his own life, and the calculus of going after a guy with a gun, it’s really one of the great acts of heroism,” Ackman told attendees.
“I think it was very reaffirming to the Jewish community to have someone stand up on behalf of our community in the most profound, life‑affirming way. That’s why we were here,” he added.
Ackman serves as founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management.
He supported Democratic candidates for years before publicly endorsing Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign.
President Trump and members of his administration have backed Ross’ claim that he acted in self-defense during the shooting.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem characterized Good’s actions as “an act of domestic terrorism” and supported her officer’s response.
“An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot to protect himself and the people around him,” Noem stated.
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said Ross was “fearing for his own life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement, and the safety of the public.”
According to witnesses present that day, Good and her wife were serving as legal observers and recording the protest.
Video footage captured Good apparently disregarding ICE agents’ instructions to exit her car.
Instead, she reversed her vehicle in an apparent attempt to leave the area.
The footage showed Good blocking the roadway with her SUV before ICE agents ordered her to move.
She then reversed down the street as an agent grabbed the driver’s side door handle. Good drove away, and gunshots were heard.
Good lost control of her vehicle following the shooting and crashed into parked cars and a light pole at high speed.
The SUV displayed a bullet hole in the driver’s side windshield.
