Minnesota prosecutor charges ICE agent in gun incident as Savanah Hernandez case remains uncharged

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cause is facing felony charges successful Minnesota aft prosecutors said helium pointed a weapon astatine 2 radical during a road confrontation.

This comes arsenic nary charges person been filed successful the abstracted onslaught connected Turning Point USA newsman Savanah Hernandez.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced charges Thursday against ICE cause Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. tied to a Feb. 5 incidental connected Highway 62 successful Minneapolis arsenic portion of the broader "Operation Metro Surge" national migration crackdown that drew protests and scrutiny successful the Twin Cities.

Morgan "sped up, pulled alongside the vehicle, matched its speed, opened his model and pointed his work limb straight astatine some victims," Moriarty said during a property conference.

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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announces charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement cause related to a February road incidental during a property league connected Thursday, April 16, 2026, successful Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

According to a transgression complaint, the incidental unfolded astir 4:20 p.m. adjacent the Interstate 35W interchange arsenic postulation slowed to a azygous lane. Prosecutors said Morgan drove connected the enarthrosis to bypass congestion earlier pulling alongside the victims and pointing a handgun astatine their heads.

Investigators said Morgan was driving a rented SUV with nary markings identifying it arsenic a national vehicle. Both victims said they felt threatened by his actions, according to the complaint.

Investigators said Morgan was not responding to an exigency astatine the clip and told authorities helium was heading backmost to the Whipple Federal Building to extremity his displacement and get gas.

Morgan told investigators helium feared for his safety, yelled "Police! Stop," and believed the individuals were "agitators" who chopped him disconnected due to the fact that helium was a national agent, according to the complaint.

Authorities person issued a nationwide warrant for Morgan’s arrest. He faces 2 counts of second-degree assault, each punishable by up to 7 years successful prison. Bail was acceptable astatine $100,000, with conditions including nary possession of weapons and compliance with each tribunal appearances.

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Left: Protesters stitchery successful beforehand of the Minnesota State Capitol successful effect to the decease of Renee Good, who was fatally changeable by an ICE serviceman past week, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, successful St. Paul, Minn. Right: An ICE cause extracurricular a residential house. A section California Republican Party bureau received a agelong missive calling for unit against ICE agents. (Abbie Parr/AP Photo; Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg)

Moriarty said the lawsuit moved much rapidly than different investigations tied to Operation Metro Surge due to the fact that authorities were capable to implicit their enactment "without obstruction oregon interference."

"Today’s charges bespeak an important milestone successful our efforts to question accountability," Moriarty said, adding that her bureau is continuing to analyse much than a twelve different incidents involving national agents.

Prosecutors are besides reviewing whether to record charges against individuals accused of assaulting Hernandez during an anti-ICE protestation extracurricular the Whipple Federal Building past weekend.

Protesters swarmed Hernandez portion she was reporting, blowing horns successful her face, yelling obscenities and shoving her arsenic she attempted to leave, according to video from the scene.

At 1 point, a protester pushed Hernandez into a fence, and different aboriginal shoved her to the crushed arsenic she yelled, "Stop touching me" and "Leave me, I americium trying to leave!"

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TPUSA newsman Savanah Hernandez was attacked past week successful the state. (Fox News Digital)

Hernandez aboriginal said she suffered insignificant injuries, including scrapes and soreness.

A spokesperson for the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office told Fox News Digital that 3 cases tied to the Hernandez incidental person been submitted by instrumentality enforcement and are nether reappraisal for imaginable charges, though a timeline for a determination remains unclear.

The cases were submitted retired of custody, meaning nary arrests were made astatine the time.

The FBI has opened a national investigation. No charging determination has been announced.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to ICE and DHS for comment.

Fox News' Elizabeth Heckman and Garrett Tenney contributed to this report.