"Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good on Wednesday, has served as a deportation officer with ICE since 2015, records show. He was seriously injured last summer when he was dragged by the vehicle of a fleeing suspect whom he shot with a stun gun. Federal officials have not named the officer who shot Good, a 37-year-old mother who was shot as she tried to drive away from federal agents."
"Noem and other Trump administration officials have defended the agent as an experienced law enforcement professional who followed his training and shot Good after he believed she was trying to run him or other agents over with her vehicle. Video has raised questions about whether the shooting was in self-defense, and the FBI is investigating the deadly use of force. Some protesters are demanding that Ross face criminal charges, and Minnesota authorities also want to investigate."
"In courtroom testimony last month, Ross said he deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 with the Indiana National Guard. Ross said he served as a machine-gunner on a gun truck as part of a combat patrol team. He said he returned from Iraq in 2005, went to college and joined the Border Patrol in 2007 near El Paso, Texas. He worked there until 2015, serving as a field intelligence agent gathering and"
Jonathan Ross is an Iraq War veteran and a deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who has served nearly two decades in Border Patrol and ICE. Ross shot Renee Good as she tried to drive away from federal agents and was linked to a Bloomington case in which he was dragged and seriously injured last summer by a fleeing suspect he had stunned. Homeland Security officials defended Ross as following his training and facing a vehicular threat. Video raised questions about whether the shooting was self-defense, and the FBI is investigating. Protesters and Minnesota authorities sought criminal and local investigations. Ross said he deployed to Iraq in 2004–2005 and later joined the Border Patrol in 2007.
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