The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has officially demanded the federal government hand over evidence as part of its investigation into the killing of Renee Good on Jan. 7, 2026.
These demands, made in two letters known as “Touhy” letters, are a formal request for evidence as part of the investigation into Good’s death by the county attorney’s office with help from the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.
The federal government was given a Feb. 17 deadline to hand over the evidence, according to a news release from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Monday night.
“I expect the federal government to provide the requested information, documents and physical items to our office,” Moriarty said in the release. “The federal government has been clear that they are not conducting an investigation into Renee Good’s death. But we are. We require these records as part of our ongoing thorough investigation into her death at the hands of a federal agent, Jonathan Ross.”
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said it was unprecedented for the county attorney’s office to send the letters and that they were needed because the federal government refuses to participate in a joint investigation into Good’s death.
“Federal investigators should already be cooperating with state investigators in a joint investigation into Renee Good’s shooting death at the hands of federal agents,” Ellison said in the release. “My office and I will keep working with the (county attorney’s office) to do everything in our power to support state investigators’ efforts to conduct a complete, transparent, and impartial investigation.
The day after an ICE agent fatally shot Good, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was told they were no longer allowed to be part of the investigation. Gov. Tim Walz said the federal government’s exclusion of state authorities from the investigation would erode public confidence in its findings.
“Now that Minnesota has been taken out of the investigation, it feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome,” Walz said at the time.
The demands in the letter include:
All physical evidence, such as firearms, cartridge casings, motor vehicles and uniforms
All videos and photographs recorded by federal agents, including those on personal devices
Names of all federal agents and officers involved in the shooting, on scene or who responded to the scene
Statements from federal agents or officers regarding the shooting
Medical records for agents or officers for any injury related to the shooting on Jan. 7
Policies and procedures in effect on Jan. 7
Good, 37, was killed after three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded her Honda Pilot SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from her home. Video taken by bystanders show an officer approaching the SUV, which was stopped across the middle of the road, and demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle.
The vehicle begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves past him.
The Trump administration has defended the ICE officer’s actions, saying he fired in self-defense while standing in front of Good’s vehicle as it began to move forward. That explanation has been panned by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Walz and others based on videos of the confrontation.
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