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An 18-year-old accused of shooting two teenagers outside a Minnesota high school homecoming game was released on bond Saturday, just two days after police arrested him.
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Adam Abdihakeem Adam faces three felony charges, including armed assault and riot, but jail records show he was released on a $100,000 bond option without additional conditions.
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Police have linked the shooting to gang violence, while Trump’s Rapid Response account blasted the bail decision and Minnesota authorities warned that more arrests could follow.
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A Minnesota high school homecoming game ended with gunfire, two wounded teenagers and terrified football fans fleeing the stadium.
Now the 18-year-old accused of pulling the trigger is out of jail — just two days after police finally tracked him down.
Adam Abdihakeem Adam, of St. Louis Park, was released from the Hennepin County Jail Saturday evening after posting bond, according to jail records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
His release has sparked a new controversy over Minnesota’s handling of violent crime, particularly after police connected the October 2 shooting outside Eden Prairie High School to suspected gang activity.
The Trump administration’s Rapid Response 47 account took aim at the judge who authorized Adam’s release.
“A Radical Left judge immediately granted him a no-condition bail,” the account declared on X.
Jail records cited by Fox News show that Adam had a $100,000 bail or bond option without additional conditions. Local FOX 9 reporting also identified a $10,000 cash option.
Adam faces two felony counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of second-degree riot while armed with a dangerous weapon.
His first court appearance is scheduled for Monday, October 12, at 1:30 p.m.
The shooting occurred around 8:40 p.m. on October 2, as Eden Prairie High School hosted Minnetonka for its homecoming football game.
According to charging documents, two vehicles entered a parking lot near the stadium shortly before a fight involving approximately 10 people broke out.
Investigators allege that the driver of one vehicle got out, fired at two people and fled.
The victims, ages 17 and 18, suffered injuries that authorities described as non-life-threatening. Neither was a student at Eden Prairie or Minnetonka high schools.
The gunfire triggered an emergency evacuation of the football stadium, sending students, parents and spectators scrambling for safety.
One ninth-grade student described the frightening scene to the Minnesota Star Tribune.
“We all started running. I see people falling,” Kenneth Menniboe recalled.
“Now it’s like I don’t want to go to football games anymore.”
The shooting also forced school officials to cancel the following evening’s homecoming dance.
Eden Prairie Superintendent Josh Swanson described the incident as a devastating interruption of what should have been a celebration.
“Tonight was a hard night for our community,” Swanson wrote.
“A night that was meant to celebrate all that makes us Eagles was tarnished by the selfish and violent acts of a few.”
He praised the response by police, school staff and spectators, noting that the evacuation was completed without additional injuries.
Investigators subsequently launched a search for the gunman.
According to charging documents described by FOX 9 Minneapolis, surveillance footage captured the vehicles arriving and the confrontation that preceded the shooting.
Police identified Adam as the suspected driver of one vehicle, which reportedly belonged to his brother.
Investigators also tracked his cellphone alongside the vehicle before, during and after the shooting.
According to the charges, Adam subsequently abandoned the phone and changed his number.
A search of his St. Louis Park residence reportedly uncovered clothing matching what the suspected shooter wore in surveillance footage.
On October 8, police located Adam near Highway 55 and Penn Avenue in Minneapolis.
Officers from multiple agencies surrounded his vehicle and arrested him without incident.
Eden Prairie Police Chief Matt Sackett praised the coordinated investigation.
“I’m incredibly proud of our officers and investigators who have worked nonstop alongside our law enforcement partners to identify those responsible and hold them accountable,” Sackett said.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced the charges the following day.
“This was an alarming and dangerous act that injured two people and frightened many more. Mr. Adam will be held accountable,” Moriarty said.
“Violence in our communities is completely unacceptable and it requires a professional, coordinated response, which happened here.”
But the arrest did not end the controversy.
Adam’s release on bond Saturday evening immediately raised questions about the conditions under which a defendant accused of a violent shooting should be permitted to await trial outside jail.
The release does not mean the charges have been dismissed or that Adam has been cleared of wrongdoing. He remains a defendant in an active criminal case and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The shooting has also become part of a broader discussion about gang violence in Minnesota’s Twin Cities suburbs.
Eden Prairie police have described the October 2 incident as gang-related. Authorities in neighboring communities have also raised concerns about violent incidents involving rival Somali gangs.
However, the publicly reported charging documents do not establish a specific motive for Adam’s alleged actions or independently prove his membership in a gang.
The distinction matters because investigators are still working to determine everyone involved in the shooting.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michele Tafoya cited the Eden Prairie incident while discussing growing concerns about public safety in Minnesota.
“Our law enforcement here are calling it out as the product of Somali gang violence, and we’ve got to identify it, and we have to find a way to deal with it,” Tafoya told Fox News Digital.
Law enforcement agencies across the region have begun coordinating intelligence and investigations under the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as they work to prevent additional shootings.
Police are also investigating an October 5 shots-fired incident at a Speedway gas station in Eden Prairie.
No injuries were reported in that incident, and investigators say they have not established a connection to the homecoming shooting.
The original football game, interrupted in the fourth quarter, was eventually resumed on October 5.
But the criminal investigation remains open.
Police have warned that additional arrests or charges are possible.
For the families who watched their children flee a high school football stadium, the immediate question is how a homecoming celebration became the scene of a shooting.
For critics of Minnesota’s criminal justice system, another question has emerged.
How did the teenager accused of firing the shots return home just two days after his arrest?
Adam is expected to appear in court Monday afternoon.
