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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged in a Minneapolis shooting during Operation Metro Surge has been released from a Texas jail, the Associated Press reports.
The release follows a federal judge’s Wednesday denial of Minnesota’s request for a temporary restraining order to halt Christian Castro’s release.
The shooting occurred the night of Jan. 14, when a Venezuelan migrant was shot in the leg by officer Castro, and two others were arrested. Castro was charged in Minnesota with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime. Castro accused the man of assaulting him with a broomstick and shovel before the shooting, but investigators say footage from a nearby camera helped prove that was a lie.
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