Federal immigration agents killed one woman and wounded two other people in two separate shootings in the span of 48 hours, inflaming outrage over the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Her death sparked outcry from residents and local and state leaders, prompting protests in the city and beyond. The next day, U.S. Border Patrol agents shot Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras in Portland, triggering further anger and demonstrations.
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Here’s what to know about the people who were shot.
Renee Nicole Good
Good, a U.S. citizen, was a mother of three. Before an ICE officer shot and killed her on Wednesday, she had been returning from dropping off her youngest child, her 6-year-old son, at school, The Associated Press reported.
Federal officials have claimed that the shooting was an act of “self-defense,” accusing Good of trying to run over the officer with her car. But videos of the incident circulating online appear to contradict descriptions given by President Donald Trump and other federal officials, and local leaders have vehemently disputed the Administration’s portrayal, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calling it “a garbage narrative that is not true.”
“She was probably terrified,” Good’s mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minnesota Star Tribune.
“Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” she said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving, and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
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In her Instagram bio, Good wrote that she is a “poet and writer and wife and mom and shitty guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis.” She included a pride flag emoji in her bio.
She was relatively new to Minneapolis, AP reported, having recently moved there with her youngest son and her wife from Kansas City, Missouri. She had her youngest son with her second husband, and her two older children—a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son—with her first husband, according to AP.
“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,” Good’s wife, Becca Good, said in a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday. “Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine.”
At a vigil held in Renee Good’s honor on Wednesday night, people described her as a “peaceful” person and a good neighbor, the Star Tribune reported.
Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday released the identities of the two people shot in Portland the day before: a man named Luis David Nico Moncada and a woman named Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, both from Venezuela. DHS accused the two of being “suspected Tren de Aragua gang associates,” though it didn’t provide evidence for that claim. The Trump Administration has designated the Venezuelan gang as a foreign terrorist organization.
DHS said that Moncada entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and is a “suspected Tren de Aragua gang member.” Since he entered the country, the department said, Moncada has been arrested for a DUI and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He has a final order of removal, according to DHS.
The department also accused Zambrano-Contreras of being associated with the gang, saying that she entered the U.S. illegally in 2023. DHS alleged that since she entered the country, she has “played an active role in a Tren de Aragua prostitution ring and was involved with a prior shooting in Portland.”
Federal authorities said on Friday that both victims had been hospitalized.
DHS officials said that U.S. Border Patrol agents were conducting a “targeted vehicle stop” when the incident occurred on Thursday. The agency claimed the two victims “weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol,” and “the agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting them.” DHS said that Moncada was the driver of the car, and Zambrano-Contreras was the passenger.
The shooting sparked outrage from state and local leaders. Portland, a “sanctuary city,” has been subjected to a surge of immigration enforcement actions during Trump’s second term, as has Minneapolis, the site of the shooting the day before.
“Just one day after the horrific violence in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents, our community here in Portland is now grappling with another deeply troubling incident,” Portland Mayor Keith Wilson said in a press release on Thursday. “Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences. As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.”
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