On Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 4:22:50 PM, the Minnesota State Patrol received a report that the driver of a Ford Expedition had just pointed a gun at the occupants of another vehicle, identified as Victim 1 and Victim 2, on eastbound Minnesota State Highway 62 (Hwy 62) at the interchange with Interstate Highway 35W (I-35W), located in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Troopers investigated the incident; spoke to both victims; and identified the gunman as GREGORY DONNELL MORGAN, JR [DOB REDACTED] (“Defendant” herein). At the time of the incident, Defendant was employed as a federal agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) Enforcement Removal Operations (“ERO”) and was detailed to the Minneapolis area.
Location of the Incident Based on statements from Victim 1 and Victim 2, and a review of traffic camera video, Troopers determined that the incident occurred at the interchange of Hwy 62 and I-35W. Troopers are aware that at that interchange, eastbound Hwy 62 reduces from two lanes to one lane for a brief distance until traffic from southbound I-35W merges onto Hwy 62 and adds a second lane. Because of the large volume of vehicles that move through this interchange, especially during rush hour times, coupled with the reduction down to one lane, vehicles often must queue and reduce speed as they proceed, resulting in slower-moving, congested commuter traffic.
In the eastbound direction, the right shoulder is clearly marked as not a legal lane of traffic. The right lane of traffic exits Hwy 62 onto local streets. There are many signs leading up to that point that indicate the right lane must exit and that traffic continuing on eastbound Hwy 62 must be in the left lane. Solid white lines immediately following the exit indicate that the shoulder is not legal for driving. Investigators are aware that occasionally at this interchange a driver will flout the need to merge into one- lane traffic, drive illegally on the right shoulder, pass slower-moving traffic, and then merge later, saving a few seconds on a commute while irritating other drivers on the roadway.
Statements of Victims At the time of the incident, Victim 1 was driving east on Hwy 62 through the above-described I-35W interchange. Victim 2 was in the front-passenger seat. Victim 1 stated that they were queued with other vehicles in the single lane of traffic when they saw a black Ford Expedition approaching from behind, driving illegally on the right shoulder. Victim 1 moved their car partially onto the shoulder in front of the Expedition, attempting to “cut him off a little bit” and block the Expedition driver’s effort to bypass traffic unlawfully.
Victim 1 was unaware that the driver, later identified as Defendant, was associated with a law- enforcement agency. There were no markings on Defendant’s vehicle that would identify it as law enforcement and the vehicle was not displaying or using lights or sirens. After briefly using the vehicle to attempt to block Defendant from using the shoulder, Victim 1 returned the vehicle to the legal traffic lane. Defendant continued to travel on the shoulder but rather than continue to drive past the victims, he pulled alongside their vehicle, rolled down his window, and pointed a black handgun directly at Victim 1 and Victim 2. Victim 1 had a clear view of Defendant’s appearance, saw that Defendant was wearing a black t-shirt, saw that the gun was pointed directly at their heads, saw that the gun was a Glock or Sig Sauer handgun with what appeared to be a red-dot sight, and noted that Defendant 2 27-CR-26-9656 Filed in District Court State of Minnesota 4/16/2026 yelled something indiscernible.
