Key points: An ICE ERO SRT officer identified in court records as Jonathan Ross was dragged about 100 yards during a June 17, 2025 arrest attempt of Roberto Carlos Munoz and later suffered injuries that required 33 stitches. Officials say the same agent fired the shot that killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. The incidents have raised renewed questions about DHS use-of-force policy, oversight of ICE and CBP officers, and the legal limits on firing at moving vehicles.
ICE Special Response Officer Dragged in June Later Fired Fatal Shot in Minneapolis
File: June 17, 2025 — In attempted immigration arrest, an ICE ERO officer breaks rear window and reaches inside car to unlock door. The driver then puts vehicle in drive, dragging officer about 100 yards with his arm inside the car. / Credit: Government exhibit
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Special Response Team (SRT) officer who fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis was the same agent identified in court records as being dragged by a vehicle during a June arrest attempt in the Twin Cities area.
June 17 Incident: Officer Dragged
Court records identify the officer as Jonathan Ross. According to those records and statements from officials, on June 17, 2025, federal immigration officers attempted to arrest 39-year-old Roberto Carlos Munoz on an immigration warrant in St. Paul. When agents tried to initiate a traffic stop and take Munoz into custody, he reportedly refused orders to roll down his windows or exit.
An ICE ERO officer broke a rear window and reached inside the vehicle to unlock the door. Munoz then put the vehicle in gear and dragged the officer roughly 100 yards while the officer’s arm remained inside the car. The officer suffered significant lacerations that required 33 stitches. The officer twice deployed a Taser without stopping Munoz, who later fled the scene and was federally charged with assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
Minneapolis Shooting and Officer Background
Officials say the same ERO SRT agent involved in the June incident later fired the shot that killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. The agent is based in Minneapolis and has more than 10 years of experience with ICE; court records indicate he has worked with ICE in Minnesota since at least 2017. CBS News has requested information from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about the officer’s disciplinary record.
Policy, Oversight and Context
The shooting has intensified scrutiny of immigration enforcement tactics and accountability. Under DHS policy updated in 2023, discharge of firearms is not permitted solely to disable a moving vehicle. Shooting at a moving vehicle is restricted to two narrow situations: when a person in the vehicle is using or imminently threatening deadly force by means other than the vehicle, or when the vehicle itself poses an imminent threat and no other objectively reasonable defensive option exists. The policy explicitly notes that simply moving out of the path of a vehicle does not by itself justify firing.
Former and current law enforcement officials emphasize that officers are trained to avoid self-created jeopardy and, where feasible, to create distance and angles between themselves and a threat. Critics say that oversight and discipline for CBP and ICE agents have been inconsistent; when asked last year by CBS News, a senior CBP commander said no agents had been disciplined after recent raids, and ICE’s head of training said he had not observed an increase in disciplinary actions.
Related Legal Developments
Separately, plaintiffs who won a landmark injunction in Chicago limiting immigration agents’ use of force are preparing to dismiss that lawsuit after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals indicated it was likely to overturn the injunction. The injunction previously restricted use of chemical agents, required body-worn cameras and clear identification by agents; its dismissal means those specific requirements will no longer be binding in the jurisdictions covered by the suit, and the government has not admitted wrongdoing.
Federal Deployments and Public Reaction
The Trump administration deployed roughly 2,000 federal immigration and investigative personnel to the Minneapolis–St. Paul area as part of broader enforcement efforts tied to a fraud investigation and immigration operations. Video and other materials released by authorities show moments before the fatal shooting, and protests have followed in Minneapolis as community members call for transparency and accountability.
Note: Reporting includes details from court records and statements by officials. CBS News has asked DHS for additional information about the officer’s disciplinary history and any internal investigations related to these incidents.
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