Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced on April 16, 2026, that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. was charged with two counts of felony second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon in Hennepin County, Minnesota. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Morgan, 35, of Temple Hills, Maryland.

The charges stem from a Feb. 5, 2026, incident on Minnesota State Highway 62 in which Morgan was driving an unmarked SUV on the shoulder when he approached another vehicle and allegedly pointed his duty weapon at the heads of two civilians inside. The driver of that vehicle called 911 after the encounter. The charges represent the first criminal case brought against a federal immigration officer in connection with Operation Metro Surge nationally.

Minnesota State Patrol investigators interviewed Morgan the day after the incident. According to charging documents, Morgan said he had been conducting surveillance on behalf of ICE and feared for his safety when the other vehicle cut him off. He said he drew his firearm and yelled "Police. Stop." before driving back to the Whipple Federal Building near Fort Snelling, where he and his partner had been headed after their shift. Morgan's partner, who was riding in the back seat of the unmarked SUV, was not charged. The SUV bore Utah license plates and was rented to the partner, investigators found.

Morgan admitted that he drew his firearm after the other vehicle had rejoined the normal flow of traffic, according to Moriarty. "For a federal agent, our opinion is that illegally driving on a shoulder, pulling up to a car and pointing a gun at the heads of two community members who are not doing anything at the time is well beyond the scope of their authority," she said.

Moriarty also said, "Driving while pointing a weapon out of your moving vehicle at the victims who were in another moving vehicle could have led to yet another disastrous incident in a community that has already suffered too many."

In Minnesota, felony second-degree assault is punishable by up to seven years in prison, or up to 10 years if the assault inflicts substantial bodily harm.

The Trump administration sent 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota at the end of November 2025 for the operation dubbed Metro Surge. Federal immigration law enforcement officers fatally shot two U.S. citizens during the operation earlier this year. Moriarty's office launched an online portal to collect evidence of alleged illegal activity during Metro Surge and received more than 1,000 submissions before it went offline. The office was investigating 17 incidents related to the operation and had conducted roughly 50 witness interviews.

Moriarty's office sued the federal government alongside Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, alleging that federal authorities were blocking investigations into the shootings. Federal authorities have not shared the names of agents allegedly involved in the incidents, according to the county attorney's office.