A new report by PunchUp has informed that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot dead an unarmed mother, Renee Nicole Good, had been quietly relocated to a different state and allowed to resume work. Senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials told the outlet that Ross was shielded from ICE’s own accountability process because the FBI investigation into Good’s murder was stalled.
Ross shot 37-year-old Good three months ago, where he targeted her arm, breast, and head as she tried to drive away from an ICE operation in Minneapolis on January 7. Seventeen days later, Border Patrol agents fatally shot VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti, aged 37, during the same Minneapolis operation. The news sparked global outrage and mass protests across the United States.
PunchUp found that Ross was placed on administrative leave for only three days before being transferred out of state. No further action has been reportedly taken against him.
DHS officials also contradicted a statement by the Department of Justice who had earlier told Fox News Digital that ICE’s Office of Professional Responsibility was running its own internal review parallel to the FBI investigation, “as with any officer-involved shooting.” The officials insisted that ICE’s internal affairs division cannot begin its administrative review until the FBI investigation ends. This could freeze the agency’s accountability process for Ross indefinitely.
There has been mounting controversy over the FBI investigation, drawing public scrutiny. FBI supervisor Tracee Mergen resigned on January 23, after reportedly being pressured to reclassify her civil rights inquiry into Ross as a probe of an alleged assault on a federal officer by Good. Whistleblower accounts obtained by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Dick Durbin also accused FBI Director Kash Patel of ordering agents to reframe warrant language to portray Good as a suspect.
Ross continues to remain on active duty while the public resume the fight for justice for Good and Pretti.
