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.
President Donald Trump’s administration says Good tried to run over the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent after blocking the road and impeding their work.
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 pulls 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 shows the ICE agents around the vehicle remaining standing as the maroon SUV crashed into the side of the road.
The FBI is investigating the incident.
When asked about the video at the White House on Friday, President Trump said: “You have agitators and we will always be protecting ICE, and we’re always going to be protecting our border patrol and our law enforcement.”
On Friday, 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.
A row erupted on Thursday between Minnesota officials and the federal government as the Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said it had been denied access to evidence related to the case.
The BCA said the FBI had initially said there would be a joint investigation, but then changed their stance.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, a Democrat, has accused the Trump administration of blocking state officials, but Vice-President Vance said the investigation was a federal issue.
Previously, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had alleged the ICE agent shot Good because she was trying to run over the officer in her car.
But Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey called that account a false narrative, saying it was clear to him Good was trying to leave the scene, not attack an agent.
In Minneapolis and other US cities on Thursday night, demonstrators took part in a second night of protests against the killing of Good.
Marches took place in Houston, Cincinnati, Washington DC, Philadelphia and other cities, with some protesters holding placards calling for the abolition of ICE.
Governor Walz said he had activated the state’s National Guard to help with security of the protests.
