Justice Department Sees No Basis for Civil Rights Probe in Minnesota ICE Shooting

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. – JANUARY 2026: A single bullet hole can be seen on the driver’s side of the windshield of a vehicle that a woman was shot and killed in by a federal officer on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, January 7, 2026. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that a woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent during a confrontation between federal agents and protesters in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. The decision to keep the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division out of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good marks a sharp departure from past administrations, which have moved quickly to probe shootings of civilians by law enforcement officials for potential civil rights offenses. While an FBI probe is ongoing, lawyers in the Civil Rights Division were informed last week that they would not play a role in the investigation at this time, according to two people familiar with the matter.