In a heartwarming display of community support, an online fundraising effort aimed at assisting the family of a woman tragically killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent has closed, having successfully raised over $1.5 million. This incredible sum will provide crucial support to Renee Nicole Good’s wife, Rebecca, and their three children.

The GoFundMe campaign, launched to aid the family in the wake of this tragic event, garnered more than 38,500 donations within just four days. The overwhelming response highlights the public’s empathy and willingness to help during times of hardship.

The incident that sparked this outpouring of support involved Officer Jonathan ‘Jon’ Ross, who fatally shot Good three times after she reportedly failed to comply with ICE agents’ commands to exit her SUV. This unfortunate event unfolded on a Wednesday afternoon, leaving the community in shock.

Initially, the fundraiser aimed to collect $50,000 to help the Good family navigate the difficult aftermath of losing a beloved wife and mother. However, the campaign far surpassed expectations, amassing more than 28 times the original goal. Notably, one anonymous donor contributed a substantial $50,000, demonstrating extraordinary generosity.

The funds gathered through this campaign will be placed into a trust for the family, providing ongoing support for Good’s children, including her six-year-old son, who now faces life without his parents. The organizers shared this update on Friday as they announced the closure of the fundraising initiative, expressing gratitude for the collective goodwill that will help the family cope with their unimaginable loss.

The funds will now be put in a trust for the family, including Good’s six-year-old son, who was left orphaned by the tragedy, organizers shared in an update on Friday as they announced they were closing the fundraiser.

‘If you’re looking to donate, we encourage you to support others in need,’ the organizers said.

They also shared comments that Rebecca gave to MPR News.

‘First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family,’ she said.

‘The kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind. In fact, kindness radiated out of her.’ 

An online fundraiser to support the family of Renee Nicole Good (pictured) has closed after raising more than $1.5 million in donations

The money will now go to Renee’s widow, Rebecca Good (pictured left), as well as her three children – including a six-year-old boy who was left orphaned when his mother was shot dead on Wednesday

The grieving widow then went on to say her wife ‘sparkled’.

‘I mean, she didn’t wear glitter, but I swear she had sparkles coming out of her pores. All the time,’ Rebecca said.

‘You might think it was just my love talking, but her family said the same thing. Renee was made of sunshine.’

‘Renee lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we need to do everything we can to find it where it resides and nurture it where it needs to grow,’ she continued.

Rebecca also said her wife was a Christian ‘who knew that all religions teach the same essential truth: we are here to love each other, care for each other and keep each other safe and whole.’

Together, Rebecca and Renee ‘were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness.’

‘Renee lived this belief every day. She is pure love. She is pure joy. She is pure sunshine,’ Rebecca said.

She then claimed that she and her wife ‘stopped to support our neighbors’ on Wednesday.

‘We had whistles. They had guns,’ Rebecca declared. 

Rebecca thanked all of those who have reached out following Good’s death

Renee was shot three times in the face at a protest in Minneapolis and died at the scene

The Goods moved their family to Minnesota just last year. They are understood to have fled the US after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, going briefly to Canada before settling in Minneapolis. 

‘I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts and we need to show them a better way,’ Rebecca said.

She concluded: ‘We thank you for ensuring Renee’s legacy is one of kindness and love. We honor her memory by living her values: rejecting hate and choosing compassion, turning away from fear and pursuing peace, refusing division and knowing we must come together to build a world where we all come home safe to the people we love.’   

Good’s killing has sparked global outrage with furious Democrats branding Ross a murderer. But Ross has the full support of the Trump administration, who argue he acted in self-defense when it appeared Good intended to run him down with her car.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials have defended Ross as an experienced law enforcement professional who followed his training and shot Good after he believed she was trying to run him or other agents over with her vehicle.

ICE agent Jonathan ‘Jon’ Ross fatally shot Good six months after he was dragged 100 yards by a car in a separate incident

The Trump administration has said Ross is an experienced law enforcement professional who followed his training and shot Good after he believed she was trying to run him or other agents over with her vehicle

But video has raised questions about whether the shooting was in self-defense, and the FBI is investigating the deadly use of force. Some protesters are demanding that Ross face criminal charges, and Minnesota authorities also want to investigate.

Recordings of the shooting show an officer approaching Good’s stopped SUV. He grabbed the driver’s door handle as he allegedly demanded she open the door. 

Her Honda Pilot began to pull forward and Ross pulled his weapon, immediately firing three shots and jumping back as the vehicle moved toward him.

It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle made contact with Ross. After the shooting, the SUV slammed into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.

Newly released surveillance video showed how Good apparently blocked the road with her SUV for four minutes before she was killed.

About 20 seconds after Good pulled up to the street, a passenger – believed to be her wife Rebecca Good – exited the vehicle and eventually began filming. 

There is now speculation that Rebecca, who admitted to bringing her spouse to the anti-ICE protest, exited the car so she could begin filming any potential clash with federal agents.

She was seen wielding her camera during Ross’s confrontation with her wife but it is unclear when she first started to record.

Newly released surveillance video showed how Good apparently blocked the road with her SUV for four minutes before she was killed

Rebecca could be seen in the video pointing her phone at Ross but it is unclear when she first started to record

Witnesses have claimed Good and Rebecca were acting as legal observers and filming the protest. 

The mother-of-three allegedly became involved in the community at her six-year-old son’s charter school and it’s local ‘ICE Watch’ group, which is a coalition of activists who seek to disrupt immigration raids.

Rebecca, in a harrowing footage captured at the scene, admitted she encouraged Good to confront agents. ‘I made her come down here, it’s my fault,’ she cried. 

But Good’s mother Donna Ganger has denied reports that her daughter would have been ‘part of anything like’ the protests against ICE that were taking place at the location where she was killed. 

Meanwhile, a separate fundraiser for Jonathan Ross has raised over $300,000, with help from hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman.

Jonathan Ross is married to a Filipina immigrant named Patrixia

Good’s killing has sparked global outrage with furious Democrats branding Ross a murderer

Clyde Emmons, the organizer of Ross’s fundraiser, described Good as a ‘domestic terrorist’ and claimed that the officer’s actions were ‘1,000 percent justified’.

‘Funds will go to help pay for any legal services this officer needs,’ Emmons, who is based in Michigan, wrote. 

Ross is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records. He has been a deportation officer since 2015.

He was seriously injured last summer when he was dragged by the car of a fleeing illegal immigrant sex offender whom he shot with a stun gun while trying to arrest him.

The previous incident in which took place in Bloomington, Minnesota and left Ross with injuries that required 33 stitches.