Members of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stand at the scene after a motorist was shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, on January 7, 2026.
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged with two counts of assault related to a road rage incident by state prosecutors in Minnesota, who have issued a nationwide warrant for his arrest.
The ICE agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., is accused of pointing his duty gun at the heads of two people in another car on Feb. 5 as they tried to pass them while driving illegally in his unmarked SUV along a highway in Minneapolis, prosecutors said at a news conference Thursday.
The incident occurred amid the Trump administration’s controversial Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement actions in the Twin Cities, following the January killings of two US citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretty, by federal agents in Minneapolis.
Those murders are being investigated by local prosecutors.
Morgan is “the first federal agent charged in connection with what happened here in Operation Metro Surge,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said in announcing second-degree assault charges against the agent.
“Is this the first case of its kind nationally? We believe it is,” Moriarity said.
“Mr. Morgan’s conduct 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,” Moriarity said.
“He did not do anything that justified Mr. Morgan’s actions,” Moriarty said.
“There is now a warrant out for his arrest,” Moriarty said. “That warrant is nationwide.”
“ICE should make arrangements to contain him themselves,” he said.
“That warrant will remain in place until we can take him into custody,” Moriarity said.
CNBC has requested comment from ICE about the case.
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