Court records suggest ICE agent in Minnesota shooting was dragged by car in June

US court records have offered leads to the identity of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Federal officials have not publicly named the agent, but said he was injured in another case in June, when he was dragged by a car that pulled away during an investigation.

In court records from a case with details matching that incident, an agent named Jonathan Ross suffered a "substantial wound" on his arm and needed more than 50 stitches, along with abrasions to his knee, elbow and face.

Wednesday's shooting has roiled the US, with people divided over whether the agent was at fault or acting in self-defence.

Ross has worked with ICE in Minnesota since 2017, BBC's US news partner CBS reported.

The Indiana National Guard also confirmed that Spc. Ross was deployed to Iraq from November 2004 to November 2005 with Headquarters Company, 138th Signal Battalion. He was with the National Guard until 2008.

During his deployment, Ross received the Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Global War on Terrorism Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal.

Arguing in recent days that the ICE agent who killed Good was trying to save his own life, federal officials said he had faced a previous situation where a car pulled away during an investigation.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that in June he was dragged by a car while attempting to arrest an "anti-ICE rioter", and "sustained injuries at that time". Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin, meanwhile, told Fox News the officer received dozens of stitches and had suffered "abrasions all over his body" on 17 June, while trying to arrest a "child sex offender".

At a White House press briefing on Thursday, Vice-President JD Vance said the officer "nearly had his life ended" when he was "dragged by a car six months ago".

The Washington Post, citing an unnamed source, also reported that the officer in the June case is the one who shot Good.

As an ICE agent, he is a member of a specialised response team, which, according to the agency, works with high-risk warrants and deportations of dangerous criminals.

The June incident also took place in Minnesota, where, according to federal court records seen by the BBC, Ross and several other agents were trying to apprehend a Guatemalan man, Roberto Carlos Muñoz.

When Ross told the driver to lower his window and open his door, Muñoz refused.

Ross then reached into Muñoz's vehicle with his right hand and attempted to unlock the driver's-side door. Muñoz drove up on the kerb and accelerated away. Ross's right arm was caught in the vehicle and he was dragged along with it.

The officer fired his Taser at Muñoz, striking him with multiple prongs in the side of the head, face, and shoulder, but Muñoz kept driving for about 12 seconds until he managed to shake off the agent.

Photos published in the court documents showed a man apparently lying in a hospital bed with injuries on his right arm.

A jury found Muñoz guilty of assault on a federal officer with a dangerous or deadly weapon. He is currently being held in jail and has not yet been sentenced.

It is unclear when the agent returned to work following the June incident.