The public record on the late-August 2026 Minneapolis search is narrow but concrete. It does not require inference. A convicted felon living in the same apartment as Rep. Ilhan Omar’s adult son was found in possession of firearms he was prohibited from having. Additional guns and ammunition were recovered from the shared residence. Omar declined to answer questions about it. No public charging documents or law-enforcement statements have identified her son as a suspect.
The Arrest and the Guns
On or about 25 August 2026, Minneapolis police stopped Abdulrahman Tulle Abdi (then 22) in the 200 block of 11th Street South. He was cited for driving with a canceled license and no proof of insurance, then released. During the inventory of the impounded vehicle, officers recovered a firearm.
Police later located Abdi at an address on Marquette Avenue. Multiple law-enforcement sources told Alpha News that the apartment was shared with Adnan Hirsi (Omar’s son, then approximately 20). Officers arrested Abdi without incident, booked him into Hennepin County Jail on a weapons charge, and released him the following day. A search warrant was executed at the residence; additional firearms and ammunition were recovered. Hirsi was not arrested or charged. Minneapolis police confirmed the arrest sequence tied to the vehicle firearm and the Marquette Avenue location; they did not publicly detail the full contents of the warrant search.
Abdi’s prior record, per court records cited by the Daily Mail and others, includes roughly ten previous bookings, mostly traffic-related misdemeanors, plus a 2024 felony conviction for fleeing police in a motor vehicle after being clocked at 108 mph in a Jeep Grand Cherokee in St. Paul. He received one day in jail and two years of supervised probation. As a convicted felon, he is barred under federal law from possessing firearms or ammunition.
Omar, a longtime public supporter of red-flag laws and restrictions on certain firearms, was asked in the Capitol about the search of the apartment her son shared with a felon who had guns. She walked past the questions without answering. Her office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Open-Source Link Chart (Documented Connections Only)
The verified chain is short:
• Rep. Ilhan Omar (public gun-control advocate)
→ Adnan Hirsi (her adult son; shared Marquette Avenue apartment; not charged)
→ Abdulrahman Tulle Abdi (roommate; convicted felon with ~10 prior arrests including 2024 felony fleeing at high speed)
→ Illegal firearms/ammunition recovered from the vehicle and the shared residence
→ Weapons charge, quick release, no public statement from Omar.
No open-source charging documents, police statements, or court records reviewed here establish that Hirsi possessed the weapons, directed Abdi, or participated in any broader conspiracy. The connection stops at cohabitation with a prohibited person who had guns.
Broader Twin Cities Context (Separate, Documented Problem)
Law-enforcement leaders have publicly described a distinct, ongoing problem of gun violence among groups of Somali American youth in the Twin Cities. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher and others have estimated roughly 300 individuals affiliated with about 13 loosely organized groups responsible for a disproportionate share of recent shootings. Incidents cited in October 2026 coverage include a shooting outside an Eden Prairie High School homecoming football game, a Bloomington residential street where nearly 100 rounds were fired, and related activity in Edina and elsewhere. More than 40 local, state, and federal agencies (including FBI, ATF, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension) announced coordinated use of the Crime Gun Intelligence Center to share firearm evidence and focus enforcement. Officials have stressed that this involves a small subset of the larger Somali community and that many of the individuals are teenagers or young adults in their early twenties.
Public reporting does not place Abdi or Hirsi inside those specific recent shooting cases or the 300-person estimate. The August apartment search stands on its own facts: a felon prohibited from possessing guns was living with Omar’s son and had firearms.
What the Record Shows and What It Does Not
The record shows illegal firearm possession by a convicted felon inside a residence shared with the son of a sitting Member of Congress who has advocated strict gun controls, followed by silence from that Member when asked. It shows a pattern of quick release after booking. It does not, on the open sources reviewed, show a larger operational network, a command structure, or evidence that the recovered guns were staged for a specific future attack. Those claims would require additional public evidence that is not present in the reporting to date.
Law applies to everyone. The traffic stop, the vehicle firearm, the warrant, the additional guns, Abdi’s felony status, and Omar’s non-response are already public. The rest is not in the open record.