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Description: Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in north Minneapolis.

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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in north Minneapolis during wintertime immigration enforcement operations in the Twin Cities. Julio Sosa-Celis suffered a leg wound after the agent opened fire.

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said ICE agent Christian Castro fired through the front door of a duplex, striking Julio Sosa-Celis in the leg while people, including children, were inside the home.

Castro faces four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime.

Moriarty said Castro was not under physical threat when he fired his weapon, contradicting earlier claims from the Department of Homeland Security that agents had been attacked with shovels and broomsticks.

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Federal prosecutors initially charged Sosa-Celis with assaulting a federal agent with a shovel, but the 

. Minnesota U.S. Attorney Dan Rosen dropped the charges against Sosa-Celis and his friend Alfredo Aljorna after determining that newly discovered evidence is “materially inconsistent with the allegations” outlined in an FBI affidavit.

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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the January shooting of a Venezuelan man in north Minneapolis.

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