An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent suspended for shooting a Venezuelan man in Minnesota in January and later lying about the incident was charged by the Justice Department on Thursday for making false statements to investigators, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

The person was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The person said 52-year-old Christian Castro, the officer who authorities say shot Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in the leg in January, has been charged with making false statements to federal investigators.