A federal immigration officer accused of shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and of lying to investigators about the circumstances made a brief initial appearance Thursday before a Minnesota judge, after state authorities arrested him ahead of a separate hearing in federal court.

During Thursday’s hearing, Judge Paul Scoggin granted bond to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro, who appeared behind a glass enclosure clad in an orange jumpsuit.

His attorney, Daniel Gerdts, declined to comment in the wake of the hearing.

Castro was being detained without bond following his arrest on Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, facing state charges of assault and false reporting of a crime stemming from the shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

Scoggin set bail at $400,000 without conditions and $200,000 with conditions.

Castro also confronts federal charges arising from the shooting, which took place amid a federal immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area.

Prosecutors allege that Castro falsely informed investigators he had been assaulted with a broom and a shovel.

Castro’s arrest by Minnesota authorities and his subsequent appearance in state court came after a dispute between Minnesota prosecutors and the governor of Texas over Minnesota’s efforts to extradite Castro from his home state to face the state charges.

One of the conditions Scoggin set for the lower bail amount for Castro was that he not fight extradition if he were released.

The lead prosecutor for the county overseeing the state case informed reporters following the hearing that “Castro invented a story to justify shooting through a front door into a house with multiple people in it.”

“His appearance in a Hennepin County courtroom today is a crucial step in our efforts to hold him accountable for that shooting,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said during a news conference.

Castro’s next court appearance is set for Friday, when a hearing will take place in federal court in St. Paul concerning the separate federal case in which he stands accused of making false statements to investigators about the same shooting.

His defense attorneys in the federal case have indicated that he intends to plead not guilty.

This marks the first Justice Department prosecution of a federal officer for actions taken during this year's large-scale Operation Metro Surge, which brought thousands of agents to the Twin Cities and resulted in sweeping protests, arrests, and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal officers.

In the federal and state cases brought against Castro, prosecutors allege that he shot 24-year-old Sosa-Celis in the leg while discharging his firearm through the front door of a Minneapolis residence.

They further contend that Castro subsequently filed a false report claiming he had been assaulted with a broom handle and a snow shovel prior to firing his gun.

Minnesota authorities have clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over who should handle any charges against Castro.

The Department of Homeland Security has called Minnesota’s prosecution of Castro “unlawful and nothing more than a political stunt,” saying that only federal authorities have jurisdiction.

Minnesota had filed charges against Castro months prior to his federal indictment.

He was apprehended in Texas in May on the Minnesota charges.

However, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declined last month to sign an extradition warrant to surrender him to Minnesota authorities.

He was subsequently released in Texas and was indicted on the federal charges shortly thereafter.

He then surrendered himself to federal authorities and made his own way back to Minnesota.