Minneapolis ICE shooter Jonathan Ross's wife is a Filipino immigrant

Noman Sabit: Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Wednesday, is married to a Filipino immigrant, according to Ross’ father.

Ed Ross told the Daily Mail that the parents of his son’s 38-year-old wife, who is now a US citizen, live in the Philippines. Jonathan Ross, 43, and his Filipino wife were married in August 2012, according to posts on her Instagram page, the Daily Mail reported. ‘The wife is polite, very nice, very outgoing, while he’s very reserved. They have a couple of kids,” one of Ross’ neighbors told the British tabloid.

Ross, who shot and killed Good in Minneapolis Wednesday, is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the Associated Press.

He has served as a deportation officer with ICE since 2015, records show. He was seriously injured last summer when he was dragged by the vehicle of a fleeing suspect whom he shot with a stun gun. Ross shot Good, a 37-year-old mother, as she tried to drive away from federal agents Wednesday.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials have defended Ross as an experienced law enforcement professional who followed his training and shot Good after he believed she was trying to run him or other agents over with her vehicle.

Video has raised questions about whether the shooting was in self-defense, and the FBI is investigating the deadly use of force. Some protesters are demanding that Ross face criminal charges, and Minnesota authorities also want to investigate. Ross’ neighbors told the Daily Mail that Ross is a hardcore MAGA supporter. One neighbor said Ross had been flying pro-Trump flags and a “Don’t Tread On Me” Gadsden Flag, an emblem of the MAGA movement.

Ross’s wife posted a picture posing next to a US Border Patrol helicopter in July 2013 when the couple lived in El Paso, Texas, according to the Daily Mail report.

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