New details have emerged about Jonathan Ross, identified as the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot and killed 37-year-old mother Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
Ross is an Iraq War veteran who once lived in El Paso before moving to Minneapolis, according to a report by British publication the Daily Mail. Also, he’s married to a woman from the Philippines who immigrated to the United States.
Ross’s father, who resides in Illinois, said his son’s wife is now a U.S. citizen but declined to say how long she had been in the U.S.
“I do not want to go any further than that,” he told the Daily Mail.
Despite the national outcry over the shooting, Ed Ross, 80, stands by his son’s decision to shoot and kill Good, who was driving her vehicle when Ross shot her at point blank range.
“She hit him,” Ed Ross told the paper. “He also had an officer whose arm was in the car. He will not be charged with anything.”
Jonathan Ross has lived just outside of Minneapolis since 2015, the Daily Mail reports, where neighbors say he displays pro-MAGA symbols outside the home. One resident of Ross’s cul-de-sac told the publication that until recently Ross had flown pro-Trump flags and a “Don’t Tread On Me” Gadsden Flag.
Ross has served as an ICE officer since at least 2013, according to the report. At that time, Ross was living in El Paso with his wife.
Ross was identified by the Minnesota Star Tribune after Kristi Noem said during a press conference that the unnamed officer had been dragged in another vehicle incident during an ICE enforcement operation in 2025. This detail was enough to enable journalists to discover his identity.
“You would never find a nicer, kinder person,” Ed Ross added about his son. “He’s a committed, conservative Christian, a tremendous father, a tremendous husband. I couldn’t be more proud of him.”
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