Renee Good, Woman Killed by ICE, Traveled to N.Y.C. to Feed, Photograph Homeless People: 'She Wanted to Know Their Stories' By Wendy Grossman Kantor and Greta Bjornson

One professional photographer who worked alongside Renee Nicole Good before the 37-year-old was shot and killed by an ICE officer in Minneapolis this week is remembering the mother of three for her compassion and kindness.

Charles Willie Winslow II tells PEOPLE that Good was “an angel” and “a perfect person.” Winslow, 61, who was born and raised in New York, regularly travels to New York City with a group of non-professional photographers to take pictures across the five boroughs. Good joined one such trip in winter 2022, where Winslow and the others photographed homeless New Yorkers at night.

Winslow says the photos the group took were shared with the American Civil Liberties Union in New York, “but it was mainly to bring awareness to the homelessness in New York, the streets of New York.”

“We would ask them if we could shoot them, and then we would give them money. Anywhere between $5 and $10,” he says. However, the group began providing food for their subjects when Good came up with the idea to purchase hamburgers “in bulk” for them.

“She would have this big giant thermos, which was heavier than anyone’s camera, carrying that around,” Winslow adds. “And we’d have cups and we would give them food and drink while they were sitting there or laying there.”

Good’s trip to New York with Winslow was her first time in the city, and “it was so emotional for her,” he recalls. “She started crying. By the time we got to the first or second person that was laying on the street, she had everyone else crying, just because of how emotional she was about it.”

Although the group was only visiting New York City for 24 hours, Good “didn’t want to leave,” he says. “She wanted to stay there. We were all freezing to death … But she wanted to stay and keep feeding the homeless and she wanted to know their stories,” he remembers.

Winslow says Good would ask questions while shooting the subjects, telling PEOPLE, “It was like she just wanted to naturally interview them there and wanted to know their whole life story.”

“I’ve never done that in the years that I’ve been going to New York, taking photographers there. I never asked them their story because then I’ll get emotional,” he says, adding, “But she wants to know people’s story.”

Winslow first began working with Good in 2021 after she approached him while he was photographing a game at Old Dominion University, which Good graduated from in 2020 with a degree in English.

“She asked me if I can help her with her photography and graphic arts,” he recalled, noting that Good wanted to be a writer and wanted his help in creating a book cover after seeing Winslow’s portfolio. She went on to photograph sports games at the university with Winslow and other photographers.

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Winslow said “it was rough” to learn the news that Good had been identified as the driver killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 7.

“I know that this is not the type of person, this is not the person that someone would kill for any reason,” he tells PEOPLE. “She didn’t deserve to die for nothing. I had to watch the video maybe 10, 15 more times because I couldn’t believe it. I really couldn’t.”

Good had been returning from dropping off her 6-year-old son at school and was driving back home with her current partner when the couple came across a group of ICE agents on Wednesday morning, Good’s ex-husband told The Associated Press.

Good’s wife said in a statement that they “stopped to support our neighbors.”

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Multiple bystander videos show Good reversing her Honda Pilot as ICE agents tried to open her car door. She then moves the car forward and to the right as an agent — who was since been identified as Jonathan Ross — opens fire through her windshield and then twice through her open car window.

ABC News reported that Good suffered gunshot wounds to the head, citing city officials. She was then transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to the outlet.

The Trump administration has claimed that Ross was acting in self defense in the shooting. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed Good had been “stalking and impeding” ICE agents, and accused her of “domestic terrorism,” while DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin alleged that Good “weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, however, said that the White House’s version of events is “bulls—,” and warned ICE to “get the f— out” of Minneapolis. Meanwhile, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reposted a DHS statement and wrote, “I’ve seen the video. Don’t believe this propaganda machine.”