Minneapolis police are looking into a blaze set Tuesday at a memorial for Renee Good, the woman shot dead by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Jan. 7.
The fire started sometime before 8:45 p.m. The Minneapolis Police Department said the initial investigation “indicates a pile of wood was set on fire” and that “several items at the Renee Good memorial were damaged by the fire,” according to Minnesota Public Radio.
No injuries were reported as a result.
The makeshift memorial is near where Good was shot. Photojournalist Ryan Vizzions, who was parked near the memorial and who smelled gasoline right before the fire broke out, told The Minnesota Star Tribune, “I looked out my windshield and I see orange.”
People who live near the memorial noticed the fire, came out and extinguished the blaze, according to the newspaper.
Federal officials said Jonathan Ross, the agent who shot Good, was hit by her car prior to opening fire and received treatment for internal bleeding.
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, have been working to gather evidence on the shooting of Good as well as the ICE shootings of Alex Pretti, who died as a result, and Julio Sosa-Celis, who lived, according to the Minnesota Reformer news outlet.
Ms. Moriarty said Wednesday that her office was “in good shape” to decide whether to criminally charge Mr. Ross and the ICE agents involved in the other shootings, according to the Reformer.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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