The identity of the ICE agent involved in the fatal shooting of Renee Good has been revealed by the Daily Mail. In a surprising turn, the agent’s father has stepped forward to defend his son’s actions in the incident that claimed the life of the 37-year-old mother.

Jonathan E. Ross, aged 43, serves as an agent for Enforcement and Removal Operations and is a veteran of the Iraq War. Ross is married to a woman of Filipino descent, adding a personal dimension to his public profile.

Following the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, Ross has become a central figure in the growing controversy surrounding ICE operations nationwide. The incident occurred on a Wednesday afternoon when Good was shot while driving her SUV through an area where ICE agents were actively engaged in duty.

In an interview exclusive to the Daily Mail, Ross’s father, Ed Ross, spoke out in defense of his son. “She hit him,” stated the elder Ross, who is 80 years old. He further explained that another officer had his arm inside the vehicle at the time of the incident. According to Ed Ross, his son will not face any charges related to the shooting.

‘She hit him,’ said Ed Ross, 80. ‘He also had an officer whose arm was in the car. He will not be charged with anything.

‘You would never find a nicer, kinder person,’ the father added about his son. ‘He’s a committed, conservative Christian, a tremendous father, a tremendous husband. I couldn’t be more proud of him.’

The elderly dad from North Perkin, Illinois, said his son’s wife was a US citizen but declined to say how long she had been in the US. ‘I do not want to go any further than that,’ he added.

Ross – who goes by Jon – has lived on the outskirts of Minneapolis since 2015, and served as an immigration officer since at least 2013.

The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good has been identified as Iraq veteran Jonathan Ross, 43, who is married to a woman with Filipino parents (Ross and his wife pictured)

The father of the ICE agent who shot dead a mother-of-three has defended his son in an interview with the Daily Mail, saying he is a ‘tremendous’ father and husband (pictured: Jonathan Ross pictured left, with Ben Ross, center, and dad Ed, right) 

Ross shot and killed Good on Wednesday afternoon while she was driving her SUV down a street where ICE agents were on duty (pictured) 

Though neighbors told the Daily Mail that Ross is a hardcore MAGA supporter, social media posts reveal he also has foreign-born in-laws.

His 38-year-old wife, whose doctor parents live in the Philippines, married him in August 2012 according to posts on her Instagram page.

Her first picture with Ross on the social media account was posted two months earlier.

In July 2013, when the couple lived around El Paso, Texas, Ross’s wife posted a picture posing next to a US Border Patrol helicopter.

She also posted pictures of baking recipes from a Spanish-language cookbook.

One neighbor at Ross’s 10-house cul-de-sac told the Daily Mail that until recently Ross had been flying pro-Trump flags and a ‘Don’t Tread On Me’ Gadsden Flag, an emblem of the Make America Great Again movement.

On Thursday afternoon there was no sign of Ross, his wife, or the flags.

‘I think he’s in the military. He has a military license plate,’ one neighbor said. ‘He had a don’t tread on me flag, and Trump/Vance stickers up during the election.

‘The wife is polite, very nice, very outgoing, while he’s very reserved. They have a couple of kids.’

Ross was named as the ICE agent who fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis (pictured at the scene)

Good (pictured) was a poet and mother of three children who grew up in Colorado Springs. She was married to a comedian named Timothy Macklin who died in 2023 before living in Minneapolis with her wife  

The ICE agent and his 38-year-old wife married in August 2012, according to posts on her Instagram page

Ross’s father posted a picture on his Facebook page in 2017 of his son in military gear, carrying a large rifle

Ross’ father said his son’s wife (pictured) was a US citizen but declined to say how long she had been in the US

Other family members appear to have had conflict with Ross over their political views – even arguing with him about far-right group the Proud Boys, after Donald Trump caused controversy by initially failing to condemn the group in a 2020 debate with Joe Biden.

His sister Nicole posted a photo on Facebook in October 2020 of herself and a female friend wearing face masks with the caption ‘I denounce and condemn white supremacy’.

Ross appears to have commented on the photo then later deleted the messages, with Nicole and her friend Allison’s responses the only comments remaining.

‘Jon R Oss the Proud Boys heard his denouncement loud and clear! I watched the entire debate and heard every word. I respectfully disagree,’ wrote Allison.

‘Jon R Oss we have to respectfully disagree,’ Nicole added. ‘You are my brother and I love you, but we will not engage in a debate on Facebook.’

Ross appears to have grown up hardscrabble. His father, a former insurance agent, filed for bankruptcy in Tampa, Florida in 1996, when Ross was 13.

The Ross family is religious, with his father serving as director of two church-related organizations.

Ross’s father posted a picture on his Facebook page in 2017 of his son in military gear, carrying a large rifle, with a caption ‘Jon Ross in Iraq’.

Ross bought his home near Minneapolis in 2015 for $460,000 with a $360,000 loan from the Veterans Administration, property records show.

Bullet holes in the car’s windscreen and bloodied seats were clearly visible from the scene of the shooting in Minneapolis 

Photos of the woman’s car showed children’s toys inside

Though he is only now being unmasked, Ross’s first and last name initially emerged after Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revealed the officer who shot dead Good was also ‘dragged’ by a car driven by a suspect he was apprehending last year.

The information repeated by Vice President JD Vance in a statement on Thursday.

The specific details pointed to the June arrest of undocumented immigrant and convicted sex offender Roberto Carlos Muñoz. Court documents from his federal prosecution named the injured ICE officer as ‘Jonathan Ross’.

Another federal civil lawsuit from 2021 referred to Ross as being a deportation officer in Hennepin County, Minnesota, as far back as 2017.

The Trump administration has come to Ross’s defense over his shooting of Good, while Democratic officials in Minneapolis say it was a murder.

ICE claimed she deliberately drove her burgundy SUV at agents but witnesses dispute the claims, with Mayor Jacob Frey calling it ‘bulls**t’.

Witnesses claimed Good and her wife were acting as legal observers and filming the protest when she was shot.

But ICE insisted she tried to use the SUV as a deadly weapon.

Footage of the shooting showed the victim blocking the road with her car until ICE agents told her to move away.

Renee Good’s wife has been identified as handywoman Rebecca Good (left) 

Rebecca, in harrowing footage captured at in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, seemed to blame herself for the tragedy, saying she ‘made [Renee] come down here’ to the ICE protests

The Goods lived in a rented home (pictured) Kansas City’s vibrant Waldo neighborhood for about two years but decided to flee the US after Trump’s election. They spent some time in Canada before ultimately deciding to settle down in Minneapolis

Protesters clash with police after a driver of a vehicle was shot on Wednesday amid an immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis

Protesters gathered outside outside Minneapolis immigration court on Thursday

She reversed to head back down the road as an agent tried to open its driver-side door handle before she drove off. Three shots then rang out.

Good lost control of the SUV and slammed it into parked cars and a light pole at high speed, prompting screams of shock from horrified onlookers.

Her SUV was seen with a bullet hole through the driver’s side windshield.

Good and her wife Rebecca are understood to have fled the US after Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, going briefly to Canada before settling in Minneapolis.

They have a six-year-old child together.

State and local officials demanded ICE leave Minnesota after Good’s death. But Noem has said agents are not going anywhere.