At least three prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota have resigned over their concerns with the direction of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a person familiar with the resignations told NBC News Tuesday.
The person confirmed the resignations of Joseph Thompson, Melinda Williams and another attorney. The two named attorneys, Thompson and Williams, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment by NBC News.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Thompson was a “principled public servant” who spent more than a decade on law enforcement in Minnesota.

“This is a huge loss for our state,” Walz said of the resignations. “This is the latest sign that President Trump is pushing nonpartisan career professionals out of the Department of Justice.”
Good was in the driver’s seat of an SUV in a residential part of Minneapolis last week when she was killed.
Video from eyewitnesses shows officers telling Good to get out of her car before she begins driving away. Gunshots can be heard, and the SUV slams into a parked vehicle. Video obtained by NBC News that appears to have been recorded by Jonathan Ross, the officer who shot Good, captured Good and her wife talking to the officer in the moments before he opened fire.
In the video, Good turns the steering wheel to her right away from the officer as she begins to drive.
Ross shouts what sounds like “whoa” and fires as multiple shots can be heard in the video. The view of his phone camera jerks around, points up to the sky and captures a glimpse of his masked face.
Ross’ phone levels out and captures the SUV accelerating down the street. A male voice said, “f—–g bitch” moments before Good’s car crashes.
The FBI is investigating. But Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement Tuesday there was “currently no basis” for an investigation by the Justice Department’s criminal section of the civil rights division.
ICE’s Office of Public Responsibility is conducting its own internal investigation into the shooting, Blanche said, as is protocol for the agency after every officer-involved shooting. Any investigation runs parallel to the FBI’s investigation into the shooting, a DOJ official said.
DHS has said Good, a prize-winning poet, “weaponized” her vehicle against the ICE officer who fatally shot her in self-defense.
Local and state officials have disputed that claim, saying Good, 37, was only trying to leave the scene.