Private autopsy shows Renee Good was shot at least 3 times, lawyers say

A woman walks through an intersection near items left by mourners at a makeshift memorial following the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in the neighborhood in Minneapolis, Jan. 20. (David Guttenfelder / The New York Times)

A woman walks through an intersection near items left by mourners at a makeshift memorial following the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in the neighborhood in Minneapolis, Jan. 20. (David Guttenfelder / The New York Times)


Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis this month, was shot at least three times, sustaining wounds to her head, arm and breast, a preliminary private autopsy found.

Preliminary results of the autopsy were described by lawyers for Good’s family Wednesday. The lawyers’ firm declined to release the full autopsy.

Two of the gunshot wounds were not immediately life-threatening, the autopsy found. One bullet struck Good on her left forearm. Another bullet entered her body in the right breast but did not penetrate major organs.

A third bullet struck her on the left side of her head near the temple, the autopsy said, and exited on the right side of her head. Good also suffered a graze wound “consistent with a firearm injury, but with no penetration,” the autopsy found.

The medical pathologist who conducted the autopsy was not named.

Results of an official autopsy conducted by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office have yet to be released.

Good, a U.S. citizen, was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Jan. 7 while she was driving in her SUV. Her death touched off intense protests in Minneapolis, with demonstrators clashing with federal agents. Federal officials have defended the agent’s actions, saying it was in self-defense, while state and local officials have disputed their account and called for the Trump administration to stop its immigration crackdown.

Antonio M. Romanucci, the lead lawyer for the Good family, said that his firm, Romanucci & Blandin, would continue to gather evidence in Good’s death. The firm said last week that it and another law firm were representing Good’s partner, parents and siblings in pursuing what it described as a civil investigation of the shooting.

The FBI is conducting an official investigation of the shooting.