Jan. 8, 2026, 11:37 PM EST

Jonathan Rossthe Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in her car in Minneapolis this week, was in court weeks ago testifying about another violent incident on the job last year, in which he was dragged by a fleeing driver while attempting to make an arrest.

New details from the June 2025 case came from a transcript of Ross’ testimony before a Minnesota district court jury, obtained by MS NOW. The statements reveal previously unreported details about Ross’ life and role within ICE, as well as a prior confrontation with a driver that made him “fear for my life,” months before his fatal encounter with Good.

Ross described himself as an Indiana National Guard veteran, who served in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 as a machine gunner on a combat logistical patrol team. After serving, he joined the U.S. Border Patrol and was stationed near El Paso, Texas, where he worked on patrol, tracking, and field intelligence. In 2015 he joined ICE, where he’s currently assigned to the Enforcement and Removal Operations special response team in the St. Paul, Minnesota, field office. Ross said he worked in fugitive operations, targeting “higher value targets,” and as a member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

He testified that he was a “team leader” who would “develop the targets, create a target package, conduct surveillance, and then develop a plan to execute the arrest warrant.” He also worked as a firearms instructor, an active shooter instructor, a field intelligence officer, and a member of a SWAT team.

On June 17 last year, while on patrol in Bloomington, Minnesota, Ross said he pulled his vehicle in front of a car driven by Roberto Carlos Munoz — a Guatemalan citizen who had prior convictions for criminal sexual conduct — who refused to pull over during a traffic stop.

According to the federal prosecutors in the case, Ross “pulled diagonally in front of Munoz’s car in an attempt to force Munoz to stop.” After Munoz stopped his car, Ross and an FBI agent got out of their vehicles and pointed their guns at Munoz. When Munoz raised his hands in surrender, Ross holstered his gun.

But when Munoz refused commands to lower his window and open the driver’s-side door, Ross pulled out his Taser and pointed it at Munoz’s chest, court documents state. Ross broke the rear driver’s side window with a spring-loaded window punch and reached into the car at which point Munoz accelerated. Ross testified he shot Munoz with his Taser 10 times, and saw “the impacts on his face,” but said the suspect did not stop.

“I was fearing for my life. I knew I was going to get drug. And the fact I couldn’t get my arm out, I didn’t know how long I would be drugged. So I was kind of running with the vehicle.”

Ross said he dragged for more than 100 yards before he was knocked free. He received 20 stitches for a cut on his right arm, and 13 stitches on his left hand, prosecutors said. Photos of his injuries were included in court documents.

Ross described the pain from the dragging as “pretty excruciating.”

A jury found Munoz guilty of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous and deadly weapon, and causing bodily injury.

Brandy Zadrozny is a senior enterprise reporter for MS NOW. She was a previously a senior enterprise reporter for NBC News, based in New York.

Jan. 8, 2026, 8:12 PM EST

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent shot and injured two people Thursday in Portland, Oregon, police reported, raising national tensions even higher following the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal immigration officer a day earlier.

The Portland victims, a man and a woman, were hospitalized after the shooting in the northeast part of the city, according to a Portland Police Bureau press release. Many details remain unclear, but police said they arrived on the scene to find the pair with gunshot wounds and “applied a tourniquet and summoned emergency medical personnel.”

On Thursday evening, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement describing at least one of the victims as a Venezuelan “illegal alien” who is “affiliated with the transnational Tren de Aragua prostitution ring,” but didn’t identify the individual or confirm whether that person was one of the victims. According to DHS, agents were attempting to pull over a driver who allegedly “weaponized his vehicle and attempted to run over the law enforcement agents.” An agent “fired a defensive shot,” then the driver and passenger fled, the DHS stated.

The victims’ conditions are unknown.

Local officials did not confirm DHS’s description of the victim or federal officials’ version of events.

“We are still in the early stages of this incident,” Portland Police Chief Bob Day said in the release. “We understand the heightened emotion and tension many are feeling in the wake of the shooting in Minneapolis, but I am asking the community to remain calm as we work to learn more.”

Mayor Keith Wilson released a statement Thursday likening the incident to the Minneapolis shooting on Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. That shooting has become highly politicized, with President Donald Trump and his top allies claiming the woman was attempting to run over the ICE agent with her car. Democrats — including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — and independent media organizations have disputed that claim.

“Just one day after the horrific violence in Minnesota at the hands of federal agents, our community here in Portland is now grappling with another deeply troubling incident,” Wilson said. “We cannot sit by while constitutional protections erode and bloodshed mounts. Portland is not a ‘training ground’ for militarized agents, and the ‘full force’ threatened by the administration has deadly consequences. As Mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed.”

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield released a statement demanding “transparency and accountability” from federal agencies.

“We have been clear about our concerns with the excessive use of force by federal agents in Portland ” Rayfield said. “Oregonians deserve clear answers when people are injured in their neighborhoods.”

Protests popped up following the Minneapolis shooting, and Walz has readied the National Guard in case there is a need for help in maintaining public safety.

Andy Campbell is a Senior Enterprise Editor for MS NOW Digital. He is also the author of “We Are Proud Boys: How a right-wing street gang ushered in a new era of American extremism.”