Woman shot, killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis identified as ODU alumna

NORFOLK, Va. (WRIC) -- Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a woman who was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in Minneapolis while driving on Wednesday, was an alumna of Old Dominion University (ODU), according to school officials.

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, an ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Macklin Good, who was driving at the time, during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, according to the Associated Press.

AP reported that Macklin Good was shot in the head in front of a family member, and her killing was recorded on video by witnesses.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed that Macklin Good had attempted to run over ICE officers and called the incident an “act of domestic terrorism.”

Macklin Good was a U.S. citizen born in Colorado, according to AP, and appears to have never been charged with anything involving law enforcement beyond a traffic ticket.

On Thursday, Jan. 8, an ODU spokesperson confirmed that Macklin Good graduated from the university back in December 2020 from the College of Arts and Letters with a degree in English.

Months before graduating, in April of 2020, Macklin Good was recognized in a social media post by the university's English Department as being an undergraduate winner of the 2020 ODU College Poetry Prize.

Macklin Good was reportedly a mother of three who had recently moved to Minnesota, and on her social media accounts, she described herself as a “poet and writer and wife and mom," according to AP.

ODU President Brian O. Hemphill, Ph.D., provided the following statement to 8News regarding Macklin Good's killing:

It is with great sadness that Old Dominion University mourns the loss of one of our own, Renee (Macklin) Good, a proud Monarch who graduated in December of 2020 from the College of Arts and Letters with a degree in English. Following Renee’s tragic killing earlier today in Minneapolis, our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, loved ones, and the Monarch Nation.

This is yet another clear example that fear and violence have sadly become commonplace in our nation. Indeed, this tragedy reflects the deep strain being felt in countless communities across our nation. As citizens, it is our duty and right to call upon leaders and officials to restore civility in all facets of our lives, especially at the hands of those who are entrusted to protect and serve.

May Renee’s life be a reminder of what unites us: freedom, love, and peace. My hope is for compassion, healing, and reflection at a time that is becoming one of the darkest and most uncertain periods in our nation’s history. ODU President Brian O. Hemphill