The two men were accused of striking a federal agent, leading the immigration officer to fire his weapon, striking one man in the leg. MINNEAPOLIS — Newly released video footage challenges claims made by the federal government after an immigration agent shot a man in the leg on Jan. 14 in north Minneapolis. The city released video footage from a city-owned camera showing a person standing outside a home with a shovel as an apparent pursuit comes to a stop at the end of the block. The person drops the shovel and runs toward the house while another person is seen running from the stopped car and falling in front of the home. Another person, believed to be a federal agent, then tackles the person before someone is seen exiting the residence. It appears the three people get into a brief altercation. The two men, later identified as Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, were accused of striking the agent, leading the immigration officer to fire his weapons. Sosa-Celis was struck in the leg. Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were charged, but Minnesota U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen later urged the court to dismiss with prejudice. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit, filed on January 16, 2026, as ECF 1-1, as well as the preliminary-hearing testimony that was based on information presented to the Affiant," the attorney general said. Federal prosecutors previously laid out a timeline of the events on Jan. 14, saying two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were pursuing a vehicle registered to a man listed in the ICE database as being in the country illegally. As the ICE agents initiated a traffic stop, court documents said the driver of the target vehicle drove off, launching a brief pursuit. The vehicle hit a light pole and the driver allegedly ran from the car. That driver was later identified as Aljorna, who was not the same man agents were initially targeting as the registered owner. Court documents said later review showed Aljorna's driver's license photo was "similar in nature and physical appearance" to the man agents were initially targeting. Court documents initially claimed one of the pursuing ICE agents ran after Aljorna, who slipped and fell to the ground in front of a home where Sosa-Celis was standing on the porch. The agent then allegedly attempted to detain Aljorna and the two began to struggle. An FBI agent testified in court and said the ICE officer received a gash to his hand. The agent said that during the struggle, the officer pulled his weapon and struck Sosa-Celis in the thigh. Court documents previously alleged Sosa-Celis grabbed a broom and began striking the agent. While the video appears to show a third person entering the confrontation, it's difficult to see if there is anything in that person's hand. Immediately after the shooting, DHS officials incorrectly claimed in a news release that Sosa-Celis was the driver of the vehicle being pursued by agents and "the subject of a targeted enforcement operation." The release also claimed "two subjects came out of a nearby apartment and attacked the law enforcement officer with a snow shovel and broom handle." However, no such snow shovel attack is visible on video.