ICE agent charged with assault by Minnesota prosecutors
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement members stand at the scene after the driver of a vehicle was shot on January 7, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer has been indicted on two assault charges related to a road rage incident by state prosecutors in Minnesota, who issued a nationwide arrest warrant for him.
ICE agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. is accused of pointing his duty weapon at the heads of two people in another car on Feb. 5 while illegally driving his unmarked SUV on the shoulder of a highway in Minneapolis, prosecutors said at a news conference Thursday.
The incident comes amid the Trump administration’s controversial Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities, on the heels of the January killings of two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis.
These murders and other incidents involving federal immigration enforcement agents in the Twin Cities continue to be investigated by local prosecutors.
“Morgan is the first federal agent to be charged in connection with what happened here in Operation Metro Surge,” Hennepin County Prosecutor Mary Moriarty said in announcing second-degree assault charges against the agent.
“Is this the first case of its kind nationally? We believe so,” Moriarity said.
“Mr Morgan’s behavior was extremely dangerous,” the prosecutor said.
“The people in the vehicle had no idea he was a federal agent until a state trooper told them this,” Moriarity said.
“They did nothing to justify Mr. Morgan’s actions,” Moriarty said.
“There is now a warrant for his arrest,” Moriarty said. “This order is nationwide.”
“ICE must make arrangements for his surrender,” he said.
“This warrant will remain there until we can take him into custody,” Moriarity said.
CNBC requested comment from ICE on the case.
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