The crisp January air in south Minneapolis offered no hint of the terror that was about to unfold. It was just another Wednesday, a quiet morning routine familiar to millions of parents across the country. At 37 years old, Renee Nicole Macklin Good had just completed the most sacred of maternal duties: safely delivering her beloved six-year-old son to school, waving goodbye with the promise of a reunion just a few short hours away. Little did she know, as she drove back towards the sanctuary of her home, that her ordinary world was about to collide with an extraordinary, horrifying force. A force that would, in mere moments, rip her life away and leave an indelible stain on a community. The mundane hum of an engine, the quiet anticipation of returning home, would be replaced by a sudden, violent eruption of chaos and the chilling sound of a gunshot, shattering not just the morning calm but the very fabric of a family’s existence. A mother, a wife, a cherished soul, unknowingly drove into the crosshairs of an unspeakable tragedy, forever altering the landscape of January 7, 2026.Continue reading…
