Yes.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said after an ICE agent killed a Minneapolis woman that the agent had been dragged by a vehicle in June, which helped media outlets identify the shooter as Jonathan Ross.
Homeland Security provided further detail on the dragging incident, during which Ross punched through a vehicle window in Bloomington and was dragged off by the driver, Roberto Carlos Munoz-Guatemala. ICE agents were detaining Munoz-Guatemala in connection to a sexual misconduct conviction, according to federal court records.
DHS refused to release Ross’ name, but the details from Noem and DHS led reporters to Munoz-Guatemala’s court case. Ross was identified as the victim in the case records.
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Sources
- NPR News What we know one day after the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis
- Star Tribune ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis was dragged by car in earlier incident
- U.S. District Court United States v. Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, jury instructions
- U.S. District Court United States v. Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, criminal complaint
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