The shooting death of 37-year-old Renee Nichole Good by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has sparked nationwide protests, vitriol and outrage, from all sides.

From those who maintain the mother of three, who grew up and graduated from Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, stumbled into the violent crosshairs of a legally questionable federal law enforcement surge. And from those who contend she was a political actor opposing Trump administration policies.

Good was a volunteer in a neighborhood network that tracked ICE operations, according to local officials.

Videos of Good’s fatal encounter with ICE agents on a snowy Minneapolis afternoon earlier this week, widely circulating on social media, appear to show her being approached by an ICE officer as her Honda SUV is stopped sideways on the street. Agents approach the vehicle and one attempts to open the driver’s side door. A moment later the vehicle lurches sharply forward and to the right, where ICE Officer Jonathan Ross can be seen. Ross then fires multiple shots into the SUV, striking Good in the head.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal officials described the shooting as self-defense, alleging that Good’s vehicle was blocking agents and that Good attempted to run over officers in an act Noem described as “domestic terrorism.” 

Ross, federal officials said, was an experienced agent who previously had been involved in a separate incident in which he was dragged by a vehicle. 

Good’s shooting is currently under investigation by the FBI, after a joint-investigation deal with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension fell apart for jurisdictional reasons.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison disputed the federal narrative. Frey called the account “bulls—” and alleged Ross “recklessly” used force.  Ellison has said he believes the video evidence shows an “escalation by the officers” and that Good was trying to evade, not attack.

Meanwhile, a GoFundMe campaign established to support Good’s family was closed by its founders on Friday after its $50,000 goal amount soared to more than $1.5 million, in just three days. 

“First, I want to extend my gratitude to all the people who have reached out from across the country and around the world to support our family,” wrote Good’s wife, Rebecca Good, in a statement shared earlier this week with Minnesota Public Radio. 

“This kindness of strangers is the most fitting tribute because if you ever encountered my wife, Renee Nicole Macklin Good, you know that above all else, she was kind,” Rebecca Good wrote. “In fact, kindness radiated out of her.”

Good’s ties to Colorado Springs may date back more than a decade, but a number of those who heard the national news, and recalled her as Renee Ganger – a friend, colleague and classmate – rallied online to say the characterizations of her as a chaos agent just don’t jibe.

“Domestic terrorist, that doesn’t describe the Renee I knew,” wrote Facebook user Melanie Thompson in a public post Friday, in which Thompson described herself as a Georgia resident hailing from Colorado Springs, where Good was a work colleague and friend.

“She was one of the most caring people I know.  Her laugh was contagious. Our kids played together. She loved everyone. And unlike most of the people on social media, she knew how to approach different ideologies with love,” Thompson wrote in the post.

Another person who described themselves online as a fellow Coronado High School graduate, who knew Good during her time at the school, said their memories of Good didn’t fit the stories spinning, out of control, after the deadly Minnesota flashpoint.

“I was in choir with Renee Good … in high school for a few years,” wrote Paul Goggin, in a public Facebook post shared alongside the now-closed GoFundMe campaign. 

“She was a kind, gentle, and beautiful soul inside and out, with a lovely alto voice to match,” Goggin wrote on Facebook.

A rally demanding “No ICE/No feds,” organized by the Colorado Springs Alliance Against Racist and Political Aggression is planned for at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Acacia Park.