Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty alleged Thursday that an ICE agent working in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge illegally pointed his gun at two motorists while he was driving to the Whipple Building at the end of his shift in February.
A nationwide warrant has been issued for Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., 35, of Temple Hills, Md., after he was charged with two felony counts of second-degree assault in Hennepin County District Court.
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Victims reported road rage, not aware he was ICE agent
The State Patrol first turned over the case file as a standard incident of road rage that took place on February 5. The charge alleges that Morgan was driving back to the Whipple Building at Fort Snelling in a black SUV at the end of his shift with another ICE agent in the back seat of the SUV.The SUV was driving on the crosstown interchange at the southern edge of Minneapolis where Interstate 35 merges with Highway 62 heading east near an exit for Portland Ave.
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Moriarty said the alleged assault occurred after the victims had already returned to the legal lane, when Morgan’s SUV pulled alongside them while driving illegally on the shoulder and he pointed a gun at the occupants of the vehicle. Prosecutors say that conduct forms the basis of the second-degree assault charges.
When the Cadillac moved back into its lane, the SUV pulled up alongside it. Moriarty said at that time Morgan, who was driving, rolled down his window and “points a gun at their heads.”
“They’re both terrified,” Moriarty said.
“Policy here would consider that some type of use of force,” she continued. “You can’t just point your gun.”
The passenger in the Cadillac recorded the license plate on the SUV and called 911.
The charging document -
Morgan
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