ICE agent indicted for running over man in Houston

A Harris County grand jury has indicted an ICE agent caught on video running over a man. It happened in Houston. Agent Mario Morales is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. It comes after Morales pursued Miguel Parra Hernandez earlier this month, running over his legs as he ran away. Meanwhile, federal agents call the prosecution politically motivated. Fox 4's David Centenari has the latest on this story. David. Well, an ICE agent was in pursuit of two men who were running away on foot. What happens next is captured on video and it is difficult to watch. Surveillance video shows the moment an ICE agent crashed into a man in Harris County earlier this month. Now a grand jury indicting that ICE agent on a felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. An ICE badge does not give you free reign To injure, kill, or violate the constitutional rights. Harris County District Attorney Sean Teer announcing the indictment of ICE Officer Mario Alberto Morales Friday. The ICE agent reportedly hired last year seriously injured Miguel Parra Hernandez during a pursuit. He initiated a vehicle pursuit of a 2011 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Mr. Parra Hernandez. According to ICE, agents were pursuing a man named Jose Mendoza Cervantes. Mr. Mendoza Cervantes has apparently been dead for nine years. So it appears Parra Hernandez was not initially being sought after. He's a Mexican national who's lived in the United States for 30 years and does not have a criminal record and had no immigration proceedings against him, according to the DA. What happened next shocked our entire community. He's running on foot, both of them. As Parra Hernandez runs through a parking lot, the ICE agent strikes him. Not only did he hit Mr. Hernandez, he ran over both of his legs, leaving him seriously injured and hospitalized to this day. Agent Morales called 911, claiming the victim hit his vehicle. We're following this guy, trying to pull him over, jump out of the vehicle. I tried to get around him and he hit my car. The agent's attorney believes the DA is vilifying his client. He has been serving our country as a soldier and then as a public servant as often as he can throughout his adult life. Nobody is above the law. An activist group and the victim's attorney spoke with media members Friday. The victim still hospitalized while in ICE custody. I still haven't been able to actually sit down and go through the legalities of Of his matter because I don't want to do anything right now when he's on medication or in and out of the state that he's in, in the pain that he's in. Meanwhile, an ICE spokesperson released a statement saying this indictment is politically motivated taking a shot at the district attorney and says that in no way was this crash intentional by the agent.