Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a news conference on Wednesday evening that the ICE officer who shot the woman was involved in an incident with an “anti-ICE rioter” in June.
“The very same officer who was attacked today had previously been dragged by an anti-ICE rioter who had rammed him with a car and drug him with a car back in June,” Noem said. “He sustained injuries at that time as well.”
She added that the officer, who has yet to be identified, was taken to the hospital after Wednesday’s shooting and has since been released.
Witnesses say they saw a Honda Pilot approached by multiple federal agents, and an agent tried to open the driver’s side door and the driver attempted to drive off. Witnesses said they then heard three shots fired overall. The Honda traveled another several feet before crashing into another car.
A U.S. official has identified the woman shot as 37-year-old Renee Good.
Noem said federal officials have “seen over 100 of these vehicle rammings in just recent weeks” and also said that three of them happened in Minneapolis alone on Wednesday.
She characterized Good’s actions as an “act of domestic terrorism.”
“This city has burned before, and your governor and mayor let that happen,” Noem, without evidence, claimed.
President Trump said it “seems” that the officer shot the woman in self-defense. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday afternoon countered ICE’s narrative, calling it “bulls**t.”
Noem responded to Frey, saying he “doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”
“It’s very clear that this individual was harassing and impeding law enforcement operations,” she said. “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.”
