Prosecutors in the US state of Minnesota filed charged against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in relation to a shooting during an operation in January.
The 52-year-old agent was charged with four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, the Attorney's Office of Hennepin County, in Minneapolis, said on Monday.
Prosecutors said that the agent on January 14 "discharged his weapon through the front door of a home knowing there were people who had just run inside."
The attorney's office said in a statement that the "bullet traveled through the door and struck" a man's leg "before making its final impact in the wall of a child's room." The injured man was legally residing in the community.
District Attorney Mary Moriarty said that the accused "fired his service weapon at the front door of a home, knowing there were people who had just run inside that presented absolutely no harm to him or anyone else."
Controversial raids by federal agents targeting migrants, primarily in the US state of Minnesota, caused a nationwide uproar at the beginning of the year.
Two US citizens were killed during the much-criticized operations in the major city of Minneapolis. Since then, a dispute has been simmering between federal authorities and the states over the investigation into the events.
Moriarty stated that the case remains in the hands of the Minnesota state prosecutors. In the event of a conviction, the officer cannot be pardoned by the US president.
