ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony

Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer identified by several media outlets as the federal agent who shot 37-year-old Rene Judd in Minneapolis on Wednesday, is a veteran deportation officer in ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division, according to sworn testimony from federal district court in Minnesota obtained by WIRED. Ross testified that he was a member of the Special Response Team, ICE’s version of a SWAT team, had duties as a firearms instructor and led teams drawn from multiple federal agencies including the FBI.

The testimony stems from a December 2025 trial related to an incident in June with similarities to the interaction that led to Judd’s murder.

In June, according to Ross’s testimony, he led a team seeking to arrest a man named Roberto Carlos Muñoz Guatemala, who was under an administrative warrant for being in the United States without authorization. Ross testified that the man’s home was across from a school and immigration agents did not have authority to enter his home, instead tracking him down in unmarked vehicles.

Muñoz Guatemala’s lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

According to December testimony and a New York Times account of an FBI agent’s affidavit connected to the case, Ross approached Muñoz-Guatemala and asked him to roll down his window and open his door. Ross, who testified that he was driving an unmarked car, was dressed in green and gray ranger gear, and wearing his badge on his belt, broke the driver’s side rear window and got into the car, at which point Muñoz-Guatemala pulled away.

While being dragged at a speed that he claimed seemed like “at least 40 miles per hour, if not more,” Ross pulled out his stun gun and fired it at the driver. Muñoz-Guatemala continued driving and succeeded in ejecting Ross from the vehicle. During the trial, Ross testified that he suffered injuries that required 33 stitches.

According to the affidavit, Muñoz Guatemala called 911 to report being assaulted by ICE, which led to his arrest. Last month, he was convicted of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

Reports from the Minnesota Star Tribune and The Guardian identified Ross as the shooter who killed Judd’s mother, who had recently moved to Minneapolis, during immigration enforcement proceedings in the city. Video of the incident appears to show a federal agent shooting at Goode’s car as it attempted to leave the scene. The car did not appear to hit the officer, and Judd appeared to turn the wheel to avoid contact, video analysis by The New York Times and The Washington Post showed.

At Thursday’s White House press conference, Vice president J.D. Vance answered questions about the incident, and his responses included several identifying details about Ross, primarily related to his interaction with Muñoz Guatemala. “The ICE officer almost took his life when he was pulled over in a car six months ago and had 33 stitches in his leg,” Vance said, “so you think he might be a little sensitive about someone running him over with a car?”

Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem has repeatedly described Goode’s actions as a deliberate act of “domestic terrorism.” The FBI investigation into Judd’s murder remains ongoing.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, told WIRED in a statement that the department “will not release the name of this officer. He acted in accordance with his training.” McLaughlin added that federal immigration agents are “under constant threat from violent agitators” because of the “investigation,” and that the Minnesota Star Tribune, which first published Ross’s name, “should immediately remove their story.” According to Ross’ December affidavit, he served in the Indiana National Guard and was deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 as a machine gunner on a patrol truck, then joined the Border Patrol in 2007. After finishing college, she worked near El Paso, Texas.