<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WARNING: The above video contains confronting footage.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Minnesota law enforcement officials have decried the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="FBI"><span>FBI</span></a><span> after the federal agency stepped in to take over the investigation of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="" title="an ICE agent shooting a driver yesterday"><span>an ICE agent shooting a driver yesterday</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An immigration agent shot Renee Nicole Good, 37, during a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/ice-officer-shoots-dead-woman-in-minneapolis/d7e5fe7d-a144-40c4-bb89-1f0e2725da0e" rel="" target="" title="confrontation on a street in Minneapolis"><span>confrontation on a street in Minneapolis</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Yesterday, it was reported the FBI would be cooperating with state agencies in investigating the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-minnesota-immigration-murder-usa-live-news-updates-donald-trump-tim-walz-jacob-frey/d7f982db-bff6-41b5-ae42-914fcaee2ec3" rel="" target="" title="Video shows how Minnesota ICE shooting unfolded"><strong><span>Video shows how Minnesota ICE shooting unfolded</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But overnight, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (MCA) was blocked from accessing evidence in the case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, who would be responsible for pressing charges in state court, criticised the move.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-fbi-won-co-operate-with-state-investigators/b520c083-5f61-4e23-b9a0-bfd266da6702" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"After the FBI rescinded its cooperation agreement with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, our office immediately began exploring all options to ensure a state level investigation can continue," she said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If the FBI is the sole investigative agency, the State will not receive the investigative findings, and our community may never learn about its contents."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>State law enforcement officials said it would be very hard to bring charges without access to the evidence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Governor Tim Walz said it would be "very, very difficult" for Minnesotans to believe an investigation could be fair without the use of local investigators.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People in positions of power have already passed judgment, from the president to the vice president to (Homeland Security Secretary) Kristi Noem — have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate," Walz said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There will certainly be civil cases filed on this, and they will be filed in Minnesota court."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/gov-tim-walz-says-he-doesnt-know-what-future-holds-for-him-after-abandoning-reelection-bid/a315c1ff-31ac-4fdf-bc72-ded472eaf266" target="" title="Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz considering return to teaching"><strong><span>Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz considering return to teaching</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance said the officer who shot Good had "absolute immunity".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The precedent here is very simple. You have a federal law enforcement official engaging in federal law enforcement action. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's a federal issue. That guy is protected by absolute immunity. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was doing his job."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><em><span>Star-Tribune</span></em><span> has identified the agent as Jonathan David Ross, a 10-year veteran of ICE.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vance said the officer had previously been struck and dragged by a car in a similar incident months earlier.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So you think maybe he's a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him with an automobile?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Court records in that case stated Ross had been dragged about 90m down a Minnesota road while attempting to apprehend a suspect.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vance said Good was a victim of "left-wing ideology".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can believe that her death is a tragedy while also recognising that it is a tragedy of her own making," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The officer fired at Good three times when she moved her car forward as another ICE agent grabbed at her car handle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-military-action-in-venezuela-is-seen-as-both-a-blessing-and-a-curse-for-russia-vladimir-putin/5b040f8b-138c-4a26-9ed2-d08cb8c7868f"><strong><span>US military action in Venezuela is both a blessing and a curse for Putin</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mobile phone footage appears to show the agent was already out of the path of the Honda when the shots were fired.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>ICE agents are authorised to detain immigrants in the US unlawfully. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Good was an American citizen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the hours after her death, the Trump administration characterised Good's actions as an attempt to "weaponise" her car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey described that as "bullshit".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody getting killed," Frey said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ICE presence in Minneapolis."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-actively-discussing-potentially-buying-greenland/e3658bd0-9819-4001-ae9f-6d60cc43c9fb" rel="" target="" title="Trump 'actively' discussing potential Greenland purchase"><strong><span>Trump 'actively' discussing potential Greenland purchase</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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