Federal immigration agent Jonathan E. Ross has been identified as the officer who fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon.
Ross, 43, serves as an Enforcement and Removal Operations agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Iraq War veteran has worked in immigration enforcement since at least 2013.
The shooting occurred while Good was driving her SUV on a street where ICE agents were conducting operations.
The incident has sparked significant controversy regarding federal immigration enforcement activities.
Ed Ross, the agent’s 80-year-old father, spoke about the incident in defense of his son’s actions.
“She hit him,” Ed Ross told the Daily Mail. “He also had an officer whose arm was in the car. He will not be charged with anything.”
The father described his son as an upstanding individual. “You would never find a nicer, kinder person,” Ed Ross said.
“He’s a committed, conservative Christian, a tremendous father, a tremendous husband. I couldn’t be more proud of him.”
Ross has resided in the Minneapolis area since 2015 when he purchased his home for $460,000 using a $360,000 Veterans Administration loan.
Property records confirm the transaction.
The agent is married to a 38-year-old woman whose parents are physicians living in the Philippines.
The couple married in August 2012, according to social media records.
Ross’s father confirmed his daughter-in-law is a United States citizen but declined to provide additional details about her immigration history.
Neighbors in Ross’s cul-de-sac neighborhood reported that he had previously displayed political flags and signage supporting former President Trump’s 2024 campaign.
One neighbor noted Ross possesses a military license plate and described him as reserved, while characterizing his wife as polite and outgoing. The couple has multiple children together.
Ross’s name initially surfaced after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem disclosed that the officer involved in Wednesday’s shooting had previously been injured during an arrest operation.
Noem stated the officer had been dragged by a vehicle driven by a suspect he was attempting to apprehend in a prior incident.
Vice President JD Vance repeated this information in a statement issued Thursday.
The details corresponded to a June arrest involving an undocumented immigrant and convicted sex offender named Roberto Carlos Muñoz.
Federal court documents from Muñoz’s prosecution identified the injured ICE officer as Jonathan Ross.
Additional federal court records from a 2021 civil lawsuit reference Ross as a deportation officer working in Hennepin County, Minnesota, dating back to 2017.
The circumstances surrounding Wednesday’s shooting remain disputed between federal authorities and local officials.
ICE maintains Good deliberately drove her vehicle toward agents, while Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey disputed this characterization, calling it “bulls**t.”
Witnesses stated Good and her wife were present as legal observers filming the operation when the shooting occurred.
ICE contends Good attempted to use her vehicle as a weapon against agents.
Video footage shows Good’s vehicle blocking the roadway before agents instructed her to move.
She reversed her burgundy SUV and began driving down the street as an agent attempted to open the driver’s side door. Three gunshots were then heard.
Following the shots, Good lost control of her vehicle, which collided with parked cars and a light pole at high speed. Witnesses at the scene reacted with shock. The SUV sustained a bullet hole through the driver’s side windshield.
