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On May 30, police responded to a shooting outside Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus after a Wayzata graduation ceremony that left two people hurt, including the parent of a graduate.
Police say the suspect, later identified as Hamza Abdirashid Said, 20, of Coon Rapids, was wearing a traditional Somali gown outside the arena when he pulled up the garment to pull a gun.
According to criminal charges, Said fired shots, leaving a 19-year-old man and a 49-year-old man hurt. {snip}
Even after criminal charges were filed, the motive behind the shooting remained unclear. School officials said there was no known connection between the shooter and the graduation ceremony.
Four people were arrested after reports of gunfire and multiple fights broke out shortly after the Burnsville High School graduation ceremony on Friday night. It’s the second weekend in a row that a shooting has occurred outside a Twin Cities high school graduation event.
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Last Friday, exactly a week after the shooting outside Mariucci Arena, police responded to another shooting that followed a graduation ceremony.
In that shooting, Burnsville police said they responded around 8:30 p.m. to a report of “multiple altercations” near Burnsville High School following graduation. Officers already on scene for the graduation ceremony reported hearing gunshots. There were also reports of multiple fights that broke out prior to the shooting.
Police arrested four people connected to the incident, but said no one was hurt by the shots fired.
On Monday, the Dakota County Attorney’s Office filed charges against two men: Abdulahi Jama Ali, 18, of Shakopee, and Abdikani Mukhtar Abdiwahab, 18, of Bloomington.
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that new charges had been filed against Said and 18-year-old Amiir Mawlid Ali. The two young men are now charged with possession of machineguns.
Authorities say both men were found carrying pistols equipped with switches, devices that allow semi-automatic pistols to be fired at a fully automatic rate.
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