Minnesota BCA withdraws from ICE shooting investigation, claiming it was told by the FBI that it would “no longer have access to the case materials.”

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) announced Thursday that it has “reluctantly withdrawn” from the investigation into the shooting of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.

The state investigative bureau said it was informed by the FBI that it would no longer have access to materials required for a “thorough and independent” review.

Minnesota BCA Superintendent Drew Evans issued a statement on Thursday morning saying on Wednesday, “after consultation with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, it was decided that the BCA Force Investigations Unit would conduct a joint investigation with the FBI” into the death of Renee Nicole Good during an ICE operation in south Minneapolis.

“Later that afternoon, the FBI informed the BCA that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had reversed course: the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation,” Evans continued.

Source: Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension drops out of ICE-involved shooting investigation