ICE agent charged with assault by Minnesota prosecutors, arrest warrant issued

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 he tried to pass them while illegally driving in his unmarked SUV on the shoulder of a highway in Minneapolis, prosecutors said Thursday at a press conference.

The incident came on the heels of the killings in January of two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, by federal agents in Minneapolis, amid the Trump administration's controversial Operation Metro Surge immigration enforcement actions in the Twin Cities.

Those killings remain under investigation 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 the charges of second-degree assault against the agent.

"Is it 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 that," Moriarity said.

"There was nothing that they did that justified Mr. Morgan's actions," Moriarty said.

"There is now a warrant for his arrest," Moriarty said. "That warrant is nationwide."

"ICE should make arrangements for him to turn himself in," she said.

"That warrant will remain out there until we get him in custody," Moriarity said.

CNBC has requested comment from ICE about the case.

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