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The United Nations has called for a prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a US federal immigration officer in Minneapolis last week.
The UN human rights office said it was deeply concerned by the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who was shot while inside her vehicle by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7, 2026.
“Under international human rights law, the intentional use of lethal force is only permissible as a measure of last resort against an individual representing an imminent threat to life,” UN human rights office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.
Laurence said the UN had taken note of an FBI-led investigation into the incident and “insists on the need for prompt, independent and transparent investigation into the killing.”
He also urged “all authorities to take measures to deescalate tensions and refrain from incitement to violence”.
Good’s death has provoked protests in several US cities and renewed scrutiny of the use of force by federal immigration officers during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.
The Trump administration has said the ICE agent involved acted in self-defence and has tagged Good as a “domestic terrorist”.
Local officials, however, have disputed that account, saying available footage shows Good’s vehicle turning away from the agent and not posing an imminent threat.
Good was a mother of three and a poet, according to family members and university officials. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2020 from Old Dominion University and was awarded the Academy of American Poets’ 2020 poetry prize.
Her mother, Donna Ganger, told the Minnesota Star-Tribune that her daughter was “extremely compassionate”, describing her as loving, forgiving and affectionate.
“She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.”
In a statement released after Good’s death, Old Dominion University president Brian O. Hemphill said her life should serve as “a reminder of what unites us: freedom, love, and peace,” and called for compassion and healing during a difficult period in the country’s history.
US media reports said Good lived in Minneapolis with her wife and their youngest child, a six-year-old boy. Her three children were from her first two marriages.
More than $800,000 has been raised to support her surviving family as investigations into the shooting continue.
