A Texas grand jury has indicted Mario Alberto Morales, an ICE officer, on a charge of second-degree aggravated assault, according to an Axios report. The indictment was returned on Friday, the outlet reported. Axios said that the charge is the only one named in its summary of the case.

Axios reported that prosecutors said Morales deliberately drove his SUV into a fleeing immigrant in early October. The outlet's headline describes the officer as accused of using the SUV as a weapon, and its summary describes the person only as a fleeing immigrant. Axios placed the alleged incident in early October and the indictment on Friday.

Axios said the case may be the first time an ICE agent has been indicted in Texas. The outlet described it as "a rare case of a federal immigration officer facing state charges." Axios framed the case as significant because of that rarity.

The Axios headline and summary both name the officer and place the indictment in Texas. Axios uses "ICE officer" in its summary and "ICE agent" in its headline to describe the same man. Josephine Walker wrote the Axios report, according to its byline.

The Axios summary ends mid-sentence, so this account reports only the points that summary covers. It does not reflect any other reporting on the case, and no further details beyond those attributed to Axios are included here.

Sources: Axios: Texas grand jury indicts ICE agent accused of using SUV as weapon.