A video filmed by the US immigration agent who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday has emerged, showing the moments before gunfire rang out.
The 47-second footage, obtained by Minnesota-based outlet Alpha News, shows Renee Nicole Good sitting behind the wheel of her car and speaking to the officer.
US Vice-President JD Vance shared the clip on social media, commenting that the agent had acted in self-defence. Local officials have insisted the woman posed no danger.
Good’s wife has paid tribute to the 37-year-old, saying the pair were trying to support their neighbours when she was shot. Her death has sparked protests across the US.
The Trump administration says Good was blocking the road and impeding the work of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
The BBC has asked the homeland security department and the White House for comment on the new video that emerged on Friday.
The footage starts with the officer getting out of his car and filming Good’s vehicle while he walks around it. A dog is in the backseat.
Good says: “That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you.”
A second woman, thought to be her wife, is standing on the street filming the interaction with her mobile phone. She appears to tell the ICE agent: “We don’t change our plates every morning… just so you know, it will be the same plate when you come talk to us later.”
She adds: “Do you want to come at us? I say go and get yourself some lunch, big boy.”
Another agent approaches Good on the driver’s side and uses an expletive as he says: “Get out of the car.”
The agent filming the clip moves in front of Good’s car as she reverses.
In a chaotic couple of seconds, she turns the wheel to the right and drives the vehicle forwards.
The camera jerks up to the sky. “Woah, woah!” a voice says, as bangs are heard.
In the final part of the video the car is seen veering down the road. The ICE agent swears.
Other videos released previously from the scene show the maroon SUV crashed into the side of the road.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
On Friday, Vice-President Vance reposted the video on X, and defended the agent’s actions, saying: “The reality is that his life was endangered and he fired in self-defence.”
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt also reposted the video, saying the media had smeared an ICE agent who had “properly defended himself from being run over”.
Good’s wife, Becca Good, told local media the pair had gone to the scene of immigration enforcement activity to support neighbours.
“We had whistles,” she said. “They had guns.”
When speaking about Good she said “kindness radiated out of her”.
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness,” she added.
