Minn. Officials Say They're Being Blocked From Investigating Fatal ICE Shooting [View all]

Source: New York Times (gift article/no paywall)

By Nicholas Bogel-BurroughsMitch Smith and Jacey Fortin
(Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs reported from Minneapolis, Mitch Smith from Chicago and Jacey Fortin from New York.)

Jan. 8, 2026
Updated 11:51 a.m. ET

A top state law enforcement official said Thursday that federal agencies were denying Minnesota investigators access to evidence from a fatal shooting by an immigration enforcement officer the day before, preventing them from participating in the inquiry into an incident that officials have described in starkly different terms.

Drew Evans, the superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said on Thursday that his agency had withdrawn from the investigation of the death of Renee Nicole Good, 37, as a result.

“Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands,” Mr. Evans said in a statement. Representatives of the F.B.I. and the federal prosecutor’s office in Minnesota did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The development was the latest move in an escalating clash between state and federal officials, which has been building for weeks over immigration enforcement operations and fraud investigations in Minnesota, and boiled over after the killing of Ms. Good in her vehicle.

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