The withdrawal comes after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good on Wednesday morning on the south side of Minneapolis.
WASHINGTON — The head of Minnesota’s state investigation agency said it has been cut off from accessing evidence and files related to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent.
In a statement by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Thursday, state officials said the FBI informed the agency it would no longer be part of the joint investigation, effectively losing access to scene evidence, investigative interviews and case materials.
“The investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation,” Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans said in a statement.
It had been decided that the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension would investigate Good’s shooting death along with the FBI, but that later was changed by the U.S. Attorney’s office, according to Evans.
“Without complete access to the evidence, witnesses and information collected, we cannot meet the investigative standards that Minnesota law and the public demands. As a result, the BCA has reluctantly withdrawn from the investigation,” the agency added.
The withdrawal comes after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good on Wednesday morning on the south side of Minneapolis.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz criticized the Trump administration Thursday for freezing Minnesota out of the investigation into the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of a woman by a federal officer.
“It feels very, very difficult that we will get a fair outcome,” Walz said at a briefing for reporters. “And I say that only because people in positions of power have already passed judgment, from the president to the vice president to (Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, have stood and told you things that are verifiably false, verifiably inaccurate.”
Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson said he’d welcome the chance to get his agents back involved in the search for answers.
“For us to be able to do that, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, without cooperation from the federal government,” Jacobson said.
Samantha Fischer from KARE contributed to this report.
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