Man pleads guilty to stealing rifle from FBI vehicle during ICE protest

The Brief

  • Alexio Miranda has pleaded guilty to stealing a rifle bag from an FBI vehicle during a protest over a shooting involving ICE agent on Jan. 14, 2026.
  • Miranda could face up to 10 years in prison.
  • The ICE agent involved in the shooting that led up to the confrontation, Christian J. Castro, is facing four counts of second-degree assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime after surveillance footage showed he had lied about what happened during the incident.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) A man admitted in court to taking a rifle bag from an FBI vehicle during a confrontation with federal agents after the shooting of a man in north Minneapolis.

ICE shooting theft

What we know:

Prosecutors say Alexio Miranda, 32, took the rifle bag during a confrontation on Jan. 14, 2026, between federal agents and protesters.

Court documents say that Miranda and an accomplice, later identified as Raul Gutierrez, Jr., found the bag inside a badly damaged and abandoned FBI vehicle.

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