On January 14, 2026, at approximately 6:43:49 PM, the Minneapolis Police Department (“MPD”) received a report from a 911 dispatcher that U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) agents were engaged in a vehicle pursuit of a male traveling in a Ford Focus and that the male, later identified as Victim 2, was attempting to reach his home, which was identified as XXX 24th Ave. N. In Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. At 6:45 PM, MPD officers took remote-control of a city camera located at the intersection of Lyndale Ave.
And 24th Ave. And pointed it at the home. The camera captured a series of events that culminated in an ICE agent, later identified as Christian Castro (hereinafter “Defendant”), firing a gunshot into the home, knowing it was occupied by multiple individuals, and injuring a male, later identified as Victim 1. Video of Incident The shooting of Victim 1 led to an investigation conducted by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (“BCA”). As part of its investigation, the BCA recovered footage from the city camera at Lyndale and 24th, which captured the following events: At 6:47 PM, Victim 1 stepped onto the front lawn of the home holding a snow shovel.
At 6:48:36 PM, two vehicles arrived in the area and abruptly stopped approximately 100 feet east of the home. At 6:48:45 PM, Victim 2 emerged from the first vehicle and ran toward the home. Defendant emerged from the second vehicle and pursued Victim 2 on foot. At 6:48:50 PM, Victim 1 tossed the shovel onto the ground, where it remained throughout the incident, and stepped back toward the front door of the home. At 6:48:52 PM, Victim 2 reached the front of the home but slipped on the ground before he could reach the front door.
At 6:48:55 PM, Defendant caught up to Victim 2, jumped on top of Victim 2, and engaged in a brief struggle with Victim 2 on the ground in front of the home. At 6:48:57 PM, Defendant rolled off Victim 2 and onto the ground while Defendant continued efforts to grasp onto Victim 2. At 6:49:01 PM, Victim 1 approached Victim 2 and reached down, appearing to separate Victim 2 from Defendant and help Victim 2 off the ground. At 6:49:04 PM, Victim 1 and Victim 2 ran to the front door of the home, out of camera-view at 6:49:06 PM. At 6:49:08 PM, Defendant got off the ground and stood several feet from the front door of the home, just as additional ICE vehicles were arriving on 24th Ave.
Approximately 100 feet east of the home. At 6:49:09 PM, as Defendant faced the front door of the home, Defendant raised both of his arms straight out in front of him, pointing toward the front door. Defendant’s movements between 6:49:09 PM and 6:49:10 PM are consistent with Defendant firing a gun at the front door of the home. Defendant then stepped back and spoke to an arriving ICE agent. Reports of Shooting, Statement of Victim 3, and Immediate Scene Response Immediately after this incident, MPD received multiple reports of a single gunshot occurring in front of XXX 24th Ave.
