A Harris County, Texas, grand jury has indicted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Mario Alberto Morales on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a man was struck by a vehicle during an Oct. 10 operation in Houston, CBS News and Al Jazeera reported^1,2.

District Attorney Sean Teare identified the injured man as Miguel Parra-Hernandez, 48, a Mexican national who Teare said has lived in Texas for more than 30 years without a criminal record^1,2. Teare said Parra-Hernandez suffered a broken leg and is in ICE custody while recovering¹.

Teare said Morales steered into Parra-Hernandez as he fled on foot; ICE has said Parra-Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle and called intentional-strike allegations reckless and false^1,2. Body-camera audio played at a news conference included the officer saying he hit the man with the car, CBS reported¹.

ICE told AP, as cited by CBS, that the indictment was a political stunt and that local officials lack authority to investigate federal officers performing their duties¹. Teare said an ICE badge does not confer free rein to injure people¹.

ICE had said agents were pursuing Jose Mendoza-Cervantes; Teare said that man has apparently been dead for nine years^1,2. What remains unknown is when Morales will be taken into custody and how a court will treat the jurisdiction dispute¹.