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The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Jan. 7 is Jonathan Ross, the same officer who was dragged and injured by a fleeing driver in a separate incident last year, according to a person with knowledge of the case and verified by court documents. Little public information is available about Ross, described only by federal officials as “an experienced” officer. On Wednesday morning, Ross was embedded with a group of federal agents on a targeted crackdown in south Minneapolis when Renee Nicole Good was shot. ICE has not reported the identity of the shooter and did not respond to request for comment for this story. A photo of Ross’ face has since circulated on social media, as online sleuths have attempted to identify him. On June 17, Ross was participating in an arrest of Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, a Mexican citizen, in Bloomington last year. Munoz-Guatemala had previously been convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and had been put on a detainer by immigration officials. Munoz-Guatemala ignored the agents’ commands, including to fully roll down his car window, so Ross broke open his rear window and reached inside to unlock the door. Munoz-Guatemala put the vehicle in drive and accelerated onto the curb, the charges said. Ross was dragged alongside the vehicle and twice fired his Taser as Munoz-Guatemala weaved back and forth “in an apparent attempt to shake” him from the car. About 300 feet down the road, Munoz-Guatemala re-entered the street and the force knocked the officer from the car. The agent required 20 stitches for a deep cut in his right arm and another 13 stitches in his left hand, according to court documents. A jury convicted Munoz-Guatemala of assaulting a federal officer in December. Hours after the shooting Wednesday morning, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said the agent involved had “been dragged by a vehicle” in an earlier incident. At the time, she did not provide specific location details. But she described the unnamed officer as “an experienced” agent who’d been in similar situations before and “followed his training.” The Department of Homeland Security confirmed Thursday that the agent who killed Good was the same officer dragged by a suspect in Bloomington last June. Although Ross was not named in the 13-page indictment of the driver, he is identified in several court records filed in the case, including photo exhibits from the hospital. He is also listed by name as a witness. A law enforcement source, who is not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that Ross is the shooter. Vice President JD Vance took questions at the White House on Thursday afternoon, announcing a new associate attorney general to oversee fraud — with a mission that will begin in Minnesota. He also defended the agent’s actions. “That very ICE officer nearly had his life ended … six months ago,” Vance said, referring to a car-dragging incident with the agent. “You think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him?”
“That very ICE officer nearly had his life ended … six months ago,” Vance said, referring to a car-dragging incident with the agent. “You think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him?”
That’s not an excuse to murder someone.
It’s more a question of why someone that maybe has PTSD is serving on the job.
Munoz-Guatemala ignored the agents’ commands, including to fully roll down his car window, so Ross broke open his rear window and reached inside to unlock the door.
fuck these murdering fascist assholes
rolling down the window only partially when the gestapo wants it down all the way is not a good reason to escalate the situation by breaking one of the car’s windows
that escalation triggers the driver’s fight-or-flight response, so he tries to drive off. the only reason the agent gets dragged by the car is because he escalated the situation by breaking the rear window and reaching in.
Ross was dragged alongside the vehicle and twice fired his Taser as Munoz-Guatemala weaved back and forth “in an apparent attempt to shake” him from the car. About 300 feet down the road, Munoz-Guatemala re-entered the street and the force knocked the officer from the car.
was he “dragged” by the car…or was he holding on to something inside the car because he wanted to go along for the ride?
it sounds like he escalated the situation in the first place, and then played out some action-movie fantasies he had of trying to tase the driver of the car while it was moving
“an experienced officer”… Lol, yeah, experienced at putting himself in harms way.
Snowflake.
And that’s the official account.
It sounds to me like the officer unneccessarily punched in the person’s window, started tasing them, then refused to let go as the person instinctively fled from an attacker as almost all organisms inevitably will.
I suspect this is yet another violent thug who never had the temperment to do the job honestly. The first time he freaked the fuck out and got himself hurt, the second time he murdered an innocent woman in cold blood.
I’m not a fan of papers doing this, but the Strib is now the Minnesota (nee Minneapolis) Star-Tribune.
is it really either? I just added Minneapolis so non-local folks would know where the paper is from.
The name change was about a year ago, IIRC. It is, indeed, the Minnesota Star Tribune. Apparently someone dropped the hyphen
