MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota’s top prosecutors will conduct their own review of Renee Nicole Good’s killing by an ICE agent after the state’s criminal investigative bureau said the FBI had cut it out of the investigation.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the review Friday at a news conference. They said the effort would ensure state authorities have access to investigative materials, such as video and witness statements, if the case merits state-level charges.

“I want to be very clear about this, this is not because we have concerns about the FBI investigation,” Moriarty said. “Based on a previous experience with FBI processes, we are concerned that the evidence obtained in an investigation that has only been conducted at the federal level will not be shared with our office for review.”

The decision came a day after the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said that the FBI was revoking its access to the case file, scene evidence and witness interviews.

Asked by reporters on Friday whether the FBI should be sharing those materials with state officials, President Donald Trump said, “Normally I would, but they’re crooked.” Trump did not offer details, but Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has been criticized for not acting earlier to stop alleged welfare fraud in his state.

The decision not to share evidence with Minnesota authorities marks a break from past high-profile investigations in which local, state and federal officials worked together, including after then-Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd in 2020.

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday called Good’s killing “a federal issue” because it involved a federal agent engaging in federal law enforcement activity. “That guy is protected by absolute immunity,” Vance said from the White House.

State authorities pushed back Friday against arguments that the shooting was outside their jurisdiction.

The Wednesday shooting of Good, a 37-year-old mother whose wife said they had “stopped to support our neighbors” when she was fatally shot on a residential street, escalated in a matter of seconds. “We had whistles. They had guns,” Good’s wife, Rebecca Good, said in a statement.

A video released Friday appears to show the moments immediately before the shooting from the perspective of one of the ICE officers. The video shows Good say to an ICE officer through the open driver’s-side window, “That’s fine, dude, I’m not mad at you,” as he circles her vehicle while recording with a phone camera in his left hand.

The video abruptly ends seconds later as Good’s maroon Honda Pilot reverses and then moves forward. The video does not show whether the vehicle struck the officer. It records what sounds like shots being fired.

Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general, said Friday at the news conference that “there is no conclusion that anyone could reach in good faith at this time because there’s too much evidence still to be evaluated.”

Prosecutors in Hennepin County, where the shooting took place, and Ellison’s staff are asking witnesses to submit evidence for their offices to review and preserve.

Much of the evidence from the scene of the shooting is in federal custody, Moriarty said Friday, including the vehicle that Good was driving when she was shot. Right now, she added, state investigators don’t have access to the car or the forensic evaluations conducted on it. (Source: The Washington Post)

Story Date: January 10, 2026