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01/09/2026

Everything we know about the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good

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01/09/2026

Things to do in the Twin Cities this weekend: Xia Gallery showcases work by Karen youth; Marlena Myles hosts a showcase of Indigenous power; and Fawzia Khan puts American democracy in the hot seat.

Written by Myah Goff

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01/09/2026

Minneapolis Public Schools canceled classes for Thursday and Friday after U.S. Border Patrol agents detained a Roosevelt High School staff member outside the school on Wednesday.

Minneapolis Public Schools were closed districtwide on Thursday and Friday after a Roosevelt High special education assistant was detained in front of students outside the school on Wednesday afternoon.

01/08/2026

Minneapolis Public Schools were closed districtwide on Thursday and Friday after a Roosevelt High special education assistant was detained in front of students outside the school on Wednesday afternoon.

Written by Becky Dernbach. Photos 1, 2, 4, 5 by Kerem Yucel | MPR News

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01/08/2026

Minneapolis closes schools after Border Patrol detains special ed assistant outside Roosevelt High.

Minneapolis Public Schools were closed districtwide on Thursday and Friday after a Roosevelt High special education assistant was detained in front of students outside the school on Wednesday afternoon.

01/08/2026

In the hours after Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 7, a crowd of about 200 protesters confronted federal agents and Minneapolis Police officers at the scene and called on ICE to leave.

“This should never have happened,” said state Rep. Mohamud Noor, DFL-Minneapolis.

By Dymanh Chhoun.

01/08/2026

South Minneapolis resident Trevor Heitkamp heard a commotion on Portland Avenue S. on Wednesday morning, walked down the street and began recording. Here he provides a first-person account of the encounter that led to an ICE agent fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good in her SUV on Jan. 7,

By Dymanh Chhoun

01/08/2026

The FBI will investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, and won’t allow the BCA or Minnesota agencies to help.

Written by Andrew Hazzard

The FBI will investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, and won’t allow the BCA or Minnesota agencies to help.

01/08/2026

Neighbors and others who witnessed a shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday describe a quickly unfolding encounter that left one dead and a second person covered in blood.

By Shubhanjana Das, Katelyn Vue and Andrew Hazzard

Neighbors and others who witnessed shooting by an ICE agent on Wednesday in Minneapolis morning describe a quickly unfolding encounter that left one dead and a second person covered in blood.

01/08/2026

Mourners filled an entire city block on Wednesday night following the early morning shooting of a woman who was trying to drive away from ICE agents.

Story by Katelyn Vue, photos by Aaron Nesheim

Mourners filled an entire city block on Wednesday night following the early morning shooting of a woman who was trying to drive away from ICE agents.

01/08/2026

DHS Secretary Noem defends fatal ICE shooting, says immigration enforcement will continue as usual.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended an ICE officer who fatally shot a woman in south Minneapolis Wednesday.