A judge has ordered federal authorities in Minnesota to turn over records relating to the fatal shooting of Renee Good earlier this year by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Jonathan Ross. The order is part of another case involving Ross. 

The Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security have until May 1 to comply with the order, which comes in response to a motion from the defense attorneys of Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala. 

Muñoz-Guatemala was convicted of dragging Ross with his car after a confrontation last June, when Ross attempted to arrest him. 

A magistrate judge is set to receive several materials, including Ross’ personnel and training file, records of statements Ross made in the 60 minutes before and during Good’s shooting and records of statements by Ross and other federal officials.

The federal government will also have to deliver witness statements regarding the shooting, medical records pertaining to Ross’s fitness for duty and cellular data that might have been extracted from Ross’s phone and footage of the shooting from Ross’ body camera. 

The judge will then decide what documents will be released based on their relevance to the defense team’s case and make any necessary redactions. Muñoz-Guatemala’s defense attorneys requested the documents because they believe the facts of the Good shooting may be grounds for a new trial. They could also support a lesser sentence for Muñoz-Guatemala.

Though there’s no guarantee the evidence will be made public, it could aid state prosecutors in their investigation into Good’s murder. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension “reluctantly” withdrew from the investigation after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) refused to allow them access to the evidence needed to continue their work. 

In March, Minnesota state authorities sued the federal government to attempt to force them to share evidence related to the fatal shootings of Good and Alex Pretti, as well as the nonfatal shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis.