The ICE agent who fatally shot an unarmed Minneapolis woman on Wednesday has been identified as Jonathan Ross.
Ross, an officer who has worked for ICE for more than 10 years, was identified by the Minnesota Star Tribune and is the same officer who was involved in an incident last year with another fleeing driver.
ICE declined to confirm their shooter’s identity when asked, but Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of DHS, told the outlet that Ross did what he was trained to do, and is an expert marksman.
She also said that the news outlet should be ashamed and delete the story identifying Ross.
“The Star Tribune should be absolutely ashamed of themselves for their reckless behavior, and they should delete their story immediately,” Laughlin said.
On June 17, Ross was part of an arrest of Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala, of Mexico. Munoz-Guatemala had been convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and was on a detainer by ICE. Munoz-Guatemala was told to roll down his car window and when he didn’t, Ross broke open his read window and reached inside to unlock the door.
When Munoz-Guatemala accelerated and drove onto the curb, Ross was dragged alongside the car and used his taser twice “in an apparent attempt to shake” Munoz-Guatemala drove back onto the street a few hundred feet down the road and the agent was knocked from the car.
Ross needed stitches for his right arm and his left hand, and Munoz-Guatemala was convicted by a jury of assaulting a federal law enforcement officer in December.
The DHS confirmed on Thursday that the same officer who killed Good was also dragged by a suspect last June. Although Ross wasn’t mentioned by name in the indictment of Munoz-Guatemala, a source confirmed to the MST that Ross is the shooter of Good.
Although DHS and the Trump administration, including Vice President Vance, have consistently claimed that Ross was in danger and that Good tried “ramming” officers with her car, the video of the incident betrays the administration’s account.
“That very ICE officer nearly had his life ended … six months ago,” Vance said, referring to the June incident. “You think maybe he’s a little bit sensitive about somebody ramming him?”
