The federal government has finally started handing over evidence related to the fatal shooting of Renee Good, but not because Minnesota investigators asked for it. Instead, the material is being turned over in connection with an entirely different criminal case involving the same ICE agent who killed her, Jonathon Ross.
As you probably know, Good was shot and killed by Ross back in January during a chaotic ICE operation in Minneapolis. Federal officials immediately claimed she “weaponized her vehicle” and had tried to run agents over with her car and that Ross fired in self-defense. Video from the scene and eyewitness accounts quickly raised questions about that version of events. Several witnesses said the car did not appear to be driving at the agents when Ross opened fire through the driver’s side window. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey publicly called the federal narrative “bullshit,” which is not exactly the sort of thing you hear every day from a sitting mayor talking about an active federal investigation.
Months later, the investigation is still surrounded by secrecy. Minnesota officials have repeatedly complained that the federal government has frozen them out of the process and refused to hand over evidence connected to the shooting. The state is now suing for access to the same materials that a defense attorney in another case is suddenly being allowed to see first.
Meanwhile, Ross is reportedly still employed by ICE and has been reassigned to another state while the federal investigation drags on in the background.
That brings us to a new story involving Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala. Back in June 2025, Muñoz-Guatemala was accused of assaulting Ross during an attempted arrest in Bloomington.
Prosecutors claimed Ross was dragged by a vehicle during the incident, and Muñoz-Guatemala was eventually convicted. Now Muñoz-Guatemala’s attorney wants access to Ross’s personnel files, training history, use-of-force records, witness statements, cellphone data, and investigative material connected to the Good shooting. The stated goal is to look for possible mitigation at sentencing or grounds for a new trial.
At this point, even Muñoz-Guatemala’s attorney says he has not reviewed the material yet, so nobody knows exactly what the government has actually turned over. A judge still has to determine what evidence is relevant to the Muñoz-Guatemala case and what, if anything, could eventually become public.
This administration has a history of producing mountains of heavily redacted paperwork while insisting they are being fully transparent, so it remains to be seen how much useful information is really included here.
Still, the overlap between these two cases is hard to ignore. Both incidents involve Ross. Both involve vehicles. And both involve claims that Ross “feared for his life.” At a certain point, it starts to look like the man may have developed a very specific relationship with cars. Either that or ICE has an unwritten directive.
Meanwhile, Minnesota authorities are apparently still waiting outside the locked door while a private defense attorney gets a peek inside first. That alone says a lot about how much the government is seemingly trying to cover up.
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