ICE agent who fatally shot Minnesota woman identified in court docs – USA Today

Jan. 8, 2026Updated Jan. 9, 2026, 7:47 a.m. ET Homeland Security officials said the immigration officer involved in this week’s fatal shooting in Minneapolis is the same officer who was injured in June 2025 in another vehicle incident. That Enforcement Operations Officer is identified in court documents as Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Jonathan Ross. Officials declined to independently name Ross, but said he had at least 10 years of experience as an ICE officer and served on the agency’s Special Response Team. “We are not going to expose the name of this officer. He acted according to his training,” wrote Tricia McLaughlin, the Homeland Security spokeswoman in a statement to USA TODAY. Vice President JD Vance noted at the White House that this week’s shooting incident echoed the agent’s previous case that put him in the hospital. “That very ICE officer nearly had his life ended, dragged by a car six months ago with 30 stitches in his leg, so he’s a little sensitive about being rammed by an automobile,” Vance said at the White House on Jan. 8. Vance did not directly name Ross at the White House briefing.  The incident he spoke of coincides with an incident in
Read More