ICE agent charged in Minnesota with assault in shooting of immigrant

Cnbc · May 18, 2026 · 542 words · By Dan Mangan

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was charged with four counts of assault in the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis, prosecutors said Monday.

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What happened

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was charged with four counts of assault in the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis, prosecutors said Monday.

Why it matters

The ICE agent, Christian Castro, was also charged with falsely reporting a crime in connection with the Jan.

Common ground

14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office said.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Todd Lyons, the then-acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in a statement on Feb. 12 said, 'Video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements.'”

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Multiple sources, including MercoPress and other news reports, quote Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons stating that video evidence revealed untruthful statements by two officers.

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web search NEUTRAL — ICE Director Todd Lyons said the review concerns “sworn testimony” from “two separate officers” that “appears” to include “untruthful statements.”
https://en.mercopress.com/2026/02/14/ice-suspends-two-office…

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web search NEUTRAL — "The actions by ICE and DOJ regarding the two ICE officers will help begin to restore trust and confidence in federal law enforcement and they are most welcome." ICE Director Todd Lyons on Feb.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/13/ice-of…

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web search NEUTRAL — Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said Friday that two officers have been placed on administrative leave after a review of video evidence indicated they provided "untruthful statements" in their sworn te…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-drops-charges-assaulting-ic…

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Claim 2: “The ICE agent, Christian Castro, was also charged with falsely reporting a crime in connection with the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis”

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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and other news reports, confirm that Christian Castro was charged with falsely reporting a crime in addition to the assault charges related to the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis.

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web search NEUTRAL — Christian Castro charged with five counts over shooting of Julio César Sosa-Celis in Trump immigration crackdown.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/18/ice-officer-…

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web search NEUTRAL — ICE agent Christian Castro was charged with four counts of assault in the second degree and one count of falsely reporting a crime related to the January shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis during an attempt…
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-agent-charged-four-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Sosa-Celis, who was shot in the leg, was one of three people shot by federal agents during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota over the winter. Agents also shot and killed two U.S. citizens in …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-vene…

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Claim 3: “That shooting occurred a week after another ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis.”

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CNN and other sources explicitly state that the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis occurred exactly one week after an ICE agent (identified as Jonathan Ross) fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.

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web search NEUTRAL — Exactly one week earlier, an ICE agent in Minneapolis shot and killed Renee Good, a mother of three, in her vehicle. Sosa-Celis was taken to an ambulance and hospitalized; the city of Minneapolis conf…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/ice-agent-shooting-video-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — 14 -- a week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis -- the Trump administration said the man who was shot, Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, attacked a federal law enforcement officer with a …
https://6abc.com/post/federal-government-opens-criminal-prob…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot a mother in Minneapolis has been identified. Jonathan Ross is the officer who fatally opened fire on Renee Nicole Good, 37, on Wedn…
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-agent-fatally-shot-37-19541…

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Claim 4: “An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was charged with four counts of assault in the January shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis”

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Multiple independent sources (CNN, and other web search results) confirm that ICE agent Christian Castro was charged with four counts of second-degree assault in connection with the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis in Minnesota.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Castro was charged with four counts of second-degree assault, a felony, and one count of falsely reporting a crime, a misdemeanor. Officials with the Department of Homeland Security did not immedi…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-vene…

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web search NEUTRAL — An ICE agent is facing several assault charges in connection with a January shooting involving two Venezuelan immigrants in Minnesota, according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charged-minneapo…

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Claim 5: “He was outside the house and alone in the front yard when he fired his weapon through the front door of the home”

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Claim 6: “ICE... said Sosa-Celis was shot after he and two other 'criminal illegal aliens ... violently assaulted law enforcement with a shovel and broom handle'”

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Multiple sources confirm that DHS/ICE initially claimed that Sosa-Celis and others assaulted law enforcement with a shovel and broom handle.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shortly after the incident, DHS claimed in a news release three men "violently assaulted law enforcement with a shovel and broom handle" in an attempt to evade arrest — before an agent shot Sosa-Celis…
https://www.courthousenews.com/new-minneapolis-shooting-foot…

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web search NEUTRAL — "While Sosa-Celis and law enforcement were in a struggle on the ground, two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/charges-dropped-in-minn…

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web search NEUTRAL — But in Sosa Celis's account, also described in the affidavit, no one attacked the ICE officer with the shovel. Sosa Celis acknowledged holding it when Aljorna arrived, but said he didn't use ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/11/ice-shooting…

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Claim 7: “Castro... is the second federal agent to be criminally charged in connection with their conduct during Operation Metro Surge”

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Web search results explicitly state that Castro is the second federal officer to face felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge.

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web search NEUTRAL — The agent is the second federal officer to face felony charges in Minnesota stemming from Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/ice-agent-charges-vene…

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Claim 8: “In April, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office charged ICE agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with assault for pointing his gun at the heads of two people in another car on Feb. 5”

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Multiple sources confirm that the Hennepin County Attorney's office charged ICE agent Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. with assault for pointing a gun at motorists in February.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Hennepin County Attorney's office said the incident took place in February.An arrest warrant in Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, says Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr. is charged with two cou…
https://abc7.com/post/ice-agent-charged-2-counts-felony-assa…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hennepin County charges ICE agent with felony assault for allegedly pointing gun at Minneapolis motorists.
https://conservativeinstitute.org/justice/hennepin-county-ch…

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web search NEUTRAL — Gregory Donnell Morgan, Jr is accused of pointing a gun at motorists who tried to slow him down while he was driving illegally on the shoulder of a state highway in February, prosecutors said. There i…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3lp2r5l2do

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Claim 9: “the 52-year-old ICE agent fired his gun 'through the front door of a home knowing there were people who had just run inside.'”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific detail about the agent's age or the act of firing through a front door.

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Claim 10: “prosecutors later dropped charges against Sosa-Celis and another man in the incident, Alfredo Aljorna, who had each been accused of assault on a federal officer.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about the Golden State Warriors. No evidence was provided that confirms or denies the dropping of charges against Sosa-Celis and Aljorna.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_State_Warriors

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web search NEUTRAL — Visit ESPN for Golden State Warriors live scores, video highlights, and latest news. Find standings and the full 2025-26 season schedule.
https://www.espn.com/nba/team/_/name/gs/golden-state-warrior…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 7, 2026 · CBS Sports has the latest Golden State Warriors news and information, including team scores, stats, highlights and more for the 2025 NBA season.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/page/GS/golden-state-war…

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Claim 11: “The bullet traveled through the door and struck Mr. Sosa-Celis's leg, before making its final impact in the wall of a child's room”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific trajectory of the bullet or that it ended in a child's room.

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