Overview
- Gregory Morgan Jr., who was charged in April with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly brandishing a firearm on a Minneapolis roadway, will turn himself in to police, his lawyer said Thursday.
- County prosecutors say the Feb. 5 complaint describes Morgan driving an unmarked SUV on the shoulder, pulling alongside another vehicle, rolling down his window, and pointing a handgun at the occupants.
- Another ICE officer deployed to the same Minnesota surge, Christian J. Castro, was charged May 18 with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime over a Jan. 14 shooting that video later contradicted officers’ initial account.
- The prosecutions come after a winter operation that moved roughly 3,000 ICE and CBP personnel to Minnesota from December 2025 through early February because local jails would not accept routine federal transfers.
- State charges are expected to trigger federal removal petitions and Supremacy Clause immunity claims while separate federal and local probes examine officer statements, evidence that contradicted initial reports, and dropped charges against migrants.