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ICE agents blocked doctor from helping shot Minneapolis woman

WARNING: The above video contains confronting footage.

Video has emerged of a confrontation in the US city of Minneapolis that ended with an immigration enforcement officer shooting a driver dead.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was killed by the ICE agent as she drove on a residential street in the midwestern city.

Good's Honda appeared to be blocking the street to the officers' unmarked car – though it is not apparent if it was a deliberate effort or an attempt at a three-point turn.

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An ICE agent grabs the door handle of her car moments before the shooting.

"Get out of the f—— car," one masked agent says as he walks to her vehicle, before grabbing the door handle.

She reverses less than a metre before moving forward.

As she does, another agent in front of the car pulls out a handgun and fires three shots in quick succession.

"What the f— did you do?" the bystander filming the confrontation shouts as Good's Honda smashes into a parked car.

Doctor stopped from helping

The ICE agents on the scene appeared to prevent a doctor from helping Good after she was shot.

"Can I go check a pulse? I'm a physician," the man was filmed saying as he stood on the side of the road with his hands up.

Renee Good was shot by an ICE agent in Minnesota.

"I don't care," one agent replies.

Another told him there were paramedics on the way.

"We have our own medics," he said.

"Where are they?" the woman filming the video, Emily Heller, can be heard shouting.

An agent then tells her to relax.

"How can I relax? You just killed my f—ing neighbour," Heller replied.

Good was pronounced dead in hospital.

She lived a couple of blocks from the place where she was killed, neighbours said.

Trump claims self-defence

In a Truth Social post, President Donald Trump described the shooting as "self-defence".

"The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully (sic) and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self-defence," Trump said.

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The ICE agent fired three shots, killing Renee Nicole Good.

"Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in hospital.

"The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis."

Trump posted a video of the shooting from further down the road.

An ICE statement described Good's actions as "domestic terrorism".

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Good's Honda crashed into a parked car after she was shot.

"One of these violent rioters weaponised her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them – an act of domestic terrorism," the statement read.

"An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots.

"He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers."

Local politicians fume at ICE

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey described the Trump administration's characterisation of the shooting as "bullshit".

"This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody getting killed," Frey said.

"We've dreaded this moment since the early stages of this ICE presence in Minneapolis.

"They are not here to create safety in this city, what they are doing is causing chaos and distrust.

"ICE, get the f— out of Minneapolis."

Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez described the shooting as a "public murder".

"What we saw today was a criminal murder a woman and shoot her in the head was she was trying to escape and flee for her life," she said.

"What we saw today was a manifestation of every American's worst nightmare: their government turning into a tyranny."

She called for the officer to be arrested and prosecuted.

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Child orphaned after shooting

Good's mother Donna Ganger said her daughter was "not part of anything like that".

"Renee was one of the kindest people I've ever known," Ganger told the Star Tribune.

"She was extremely compassionate. She's taken care of people all her life."

The 37-year-old leaves behind a six-year-old child. The child's father died two years ago.

The ICE agent has not been identified.

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Vigils, marches after Good's death

Governor Tim Walz has put the National Guard on standby in fear of riots breaking out.

"Donald Trump and his administration may not care much about Minnesota — that's been pretty evident — but we love this state," he said.

"To Minnesotans, on the National Guard, they're there to protect you and protect your constitutional rights.

"These are our neighbours. They don't wear masks. They don't bust in from somewhere else.

"They're not here to cause hassles to you or what we saw today, the tragedy."

Riots broke out in the city in 2020 after the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minnesota police officer.

People participate in a protest in response to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

But it appears there has been no rioting in the wake of Good's death.

Instead, protesters have participated in peaceful marches or mourned at candlelight vigils.

Classes have been cancelled at Minneapolis public schools for tomorrow and the next day nevertheless.

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Police slam ‘reckless and dangerous’ roadside act

Police have described offenders who cut down a fire danger warning sign in northern Victoria amid the bushfire emergency as "reckless and dangerous".

Unknown thieves in the town of Koonoomoo cut down the automated sign on the corner of Goulburn Valley Highway and Greens Lane between 8am and 1pm yesterday.

They stole the solar battery from the installation before leaving the damage behind.

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Unknown thieves in the town of Koonoomoo cut down the automated sign yesterday.

The sign has an estimated value of $60,000, but more importantly, alerts the community to the fire safety danger ratings in the area.

Yesterday's fire safety rating was set to high in Koonoomoo and surrounding areas, with total fire bans in other areas of the state.

Multiple bushfires are burning out of control in Victoria today.

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Police said the thieves stole the solar battery from the installation.

Detective Acting Sergeant Leah Booth said the thieves' actions had placed the whole community in potential danger.

"To damage a sign that alerts the community to the fire danger rating is completely reckless and dangerous," she said.

"These signs are in place to make sure people who are in the area are aware of the fire danger safety rating to abide by the restrictions and act if needed.

"You are not only cutting down and damaging a sign, but you are also potentially putting the wider community at risk."

Any witnesses, anyone with vision or information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a confidential online report.

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‘Ripped of my identity’: Bondi terror victim says name was changed in hospital

A Bondi terror attack victim has revealed the hospital she was being treated at changed her name during her stay to protect her from media intrusion. 

Rosalia was struck in the head by shrapnel during the Bondi terror attack and was taken to Liverpool Hospital for surgery.

She later noticed she was admitted under the pseudonym Karen Jones.

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Rosalia was admitted to hospital under the pseudonym "Karen Jones".

She said the hospital claimed it was for her own safety and to prevent media attention.

"The people (came) and they said that they have to change my name," Rosalia told Today.

"They cut my band, and they put me as just Karen Jones without any religion

"I (felt) terrible. It's like I've been ripped of my identity.

"We lived in Australia for 48 years. We came from (a) communist country to have a better life for ourselves and for our daughter.

"We fell in love with Australia."

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Rosalia was admitted to hospital under the pseudonym "Karen Jones".

Rosalia said that she has not felt safe in the country for the past two years.

"Our government never, ever listened to us," she said. 

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Rosalia and her husband Gregory told Today that the hospital she was being treated at changed her name during her stay to protect her from media intrusion. 

She said she is on medication and is getting help from her community as she continues to grieve for the innocent lives lost in the terror attack.

South Western Sydney Local Health District said it sometimes used aliases to protect patient privacy.

"South Western Sydney Local Health District is committed to ensuring patient privacy is protected at all times and takes all necessary steps to ensure it is maintained," a spokesperson said.

"All staff in public hospitals are bound by privacy legislation to safeguard patient confidentiality.

"This may include the use of aliases or disguised identity."

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Massive 4.9-metre crocodile found near popular swimming spot in the NT

A 4.9-metre saltwater crocodile has been spotted near a popular swimming spot in the Northern Territory at the height of the wet season.

Rangers were doing routine inspections of crocodile traps downstream of Wangi Falls in the Litchfield National Park, about 150km south of Darwin, when they found the massive crocodile inside. 

In comparison, the largest saltwater in captivity in the world was Cassius in Far North Queensland at 5.5 metres. 

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A massive 4.9-metre saltwater crocodile has been spotted at a popular swimming spot in the Northern Territory at the height of the wet season.

Wildlife rangers safely removed the crocodile and relocated it to a crocodile farm.

NT Parks and Wildlife said it was a timely reminder to only swim in designated waters.

Wangi Falls is typically closed for the wet season.

"Where the risk is too high, we close, because public safety is paramount," Parks and Wildlife senior executive director Neva McCartney said.

Rangers have captured seven crocodiles in the Northern Territory so far this year as part of routine wet season risk management, which is an average figure around this time.

Last year, 241 saltwater crocodiles were captured across the territory.

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A massive 4.9-metre saltwater crocodile has been spotted at a popular swimming spot in the Northern Territory at the height of the wet season.

Parks and Wildlife Minister Marie-Clare Boothby said exceptional wet season rainfall has driven increased crocodile movement, with waterways expanding and connecting earlier than usual.

"Our crocodile management teams and park rangers are on the ground every day responding to reports, installing and checking traps, and conducting day and night surveys to keep Territorians and visitors safe," she said.

"Our government has strengthened crocodile management capacity through additional staff, new traps and upgraded infrastructure, allowing faster responses to sightings and earlier reopening of popular parks and swimming spots when it is safe to do so."

Residents or visitors in the Northern Territory are advised to be Crocwise and report a sighting to Parks and Wildlife.

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