Minnesota lawmakers fear 'cover-up' as FBI takes over ICE shooting investigation

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🗓️ 8 January 2026

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agent acted in self-defense, but witnesses and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey dispute that claim. Minnesota Public Radio’s Matt Sepic shares more details.

And, Minnesota State Sen. Scott Dibble’s district is next to where Good was killed. He details what he’s seen in the aftermath of the shooting, including the investigation into the killing and community vigils for Good.

Then, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is set to shut down in May. It’s the oldest continuously-running newspaper in the United States. Andrew Conte from the Center for Media Innovation explains the impact.

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0:00.0	Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
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0:17.5	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:22.4	Shame! Shame! Shame! This chanting shame after, we just saw ICE agents take a few different people to the ground.
0:30.1	Excuse me, deploying pepper balls.
0:32.9	We watched the mace.
0:35.3	Shock and outrage on the streets after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis.
0:52.8	It's Thursday, January 8th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WVR.
0:58.1	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:02.1	A little later on the show, we'll hear why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which was founded in the 1700s, is shutting down.
1:09.9	It's more complicated than just economic turmoil in the news biz,
1:14.0	and it leaves another major American city with fewer options for local journalism.
1:20.9	But first, we're following the latest developments in the fatal shooting of an unarmed American
1:26.6	citizen by agents of
1:28.1	immigration and customs enforcement. There's widespread outrage over the killing of 37-year-old
1:34.3	Renee Nicole Good, shot in the head while she was driving away from ICE agents in a residential
1:39.7	neighborhood of Minneapolis. Trump administration officials, including the president, quickly labeled her a domestic
1:46.4	terrorist and claimed the officer was acting in self-defense because Good was about to hit him
1:52.3	with her car. But multiple videos of the shooting were widely circulated and contradict that
1:58.4	narrative. Minneapolis public schools canceled classes district-wide for the rest of the week due to safety concerns.
2:05.9	An official from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, about three miles from the scene of the shooting,
2:10.9	told MPR news that armed U.S. Border Patrol officers came onto school property Wednesday
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