American citizen, 23, was shot and killed by ICE agent nearly a year BEFORE Renee Good and Alex Pretti… and it was ‘kept quiet’ until now

An American citizen was shot and killed by a federal agent last March, nearly a year before two Minneapolis residents died at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. 

Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was fatally shot in South Padre Island, Texas, on March 15, 2025, according to newly released documents by the watchdog organization American Oversight, viewed by the Daily Mail and first reported by Newsweek. 

The 352-page release was published by American Oversight and included several ‘significant incident’ reports by ICE never before seen by the public. 

An incident report from last March revealed that an American citizen was shot by an ICE officer after allegedly striking an agent in a Blue Ford 4-door vehicle.

Martinez was allegedly driving the vehicle and came in contact with federal agents conducting immigration enforcement operations while working with the South Padre Island Police Department. 

The Department of Homeland Security said in the report that multiple officers gave commands for the vehicle to stop and surrounded the Blue Ford. 

‘The driver accelerated forward, striking a HSI special agent who wound upon on the hood of the vehicle,’ the incident report stated. 

One of the agents then discharged ‘multiple rounds at the driver through the open driver’s side window.’ 

Renee Good, pictured above in an undated photo, was killed on January 7 by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota 

Alex Pretti, a registered nurse and American citizen, was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on January 25 

Martinez was transported to a hospital in Brownsville and later pronounced dead. The incident report redacted his name but identified him as a US citizen. 

Local media covered the incident at the time as an ‘officer-involved shooting.’ Newsweek identified Martinez through the coverage at the time. 

DHS confirmed the shooting in a statement, adding the Ford driver ‘intentionally ran over a Homeland Security Investigations special agent.’ 

‘Upon witnessing this, another agent fired defensive shots to protect himself, his fellow agents, and the general public,’ the statement added. 

DHS added that the agent who was allegedly run over sustained a knee injury and was taken to the hospital.   

DHS said the Texas Department of Public Safety Ranger Division was investigating the incident. The Daily Mail has reached out to the department for an update.