Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara undercut a key claim that President Donald Trump's administration has been making to justify the deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday.
O'Hara discussed what he has learned about the shooting from his investigation so far during an interview on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Wednesday night. During the interview, O'Hara revealed he asked several federal agents on-site about whether there were any other injuries. The answer he got directly undercuts the justification Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have offered in defense of the federal officer who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
"I was very specific about asking if anyone else was injured," O'Hara said. And at the time I was told that it was only the woman," referring to Good.
In the aftermath of the shooting, Trump posted on Truth Social that one of the officers was "lucky to be alive" after the incident.
Videos captured on scene show Good's car bumping into a federal agent, although not forcefully enough to force the agent to the ground or prohibit him from pursuing Good's car after it crashed.
Noem echoed those claims during a press conference after the shooting, saying that Good had "weaponized" her car against a federal agent. She also said the agent who killed Good was treated at a hospital and released on Wednesday, and that he will be "spending some time with his family" following the incident.
