Police executed a search warrant this week at a Minneapolis apartment where one of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s sons lives, reportedly recovering guns and ammunition as part of an ongoing weapons investigation.
But despite the immediate attention generated by Omar’s family connection, authorities have not said her son was arrested, charged or suspected of committing a crime.
Alpha News reporter Liz Collin reported that law enforcement sources said firearms and ammunition were recovered during the search. Minneapolis police also confirmed that another man connected to the investigation had been arrested earlier Tuesday.
That man was identified as 22-year-old Abdulrahman Abdi.
Abdi was booked into the Hennepin County Jail on a weapons charge, according to Collin’s report.
The investigation apparently began not at the apartment but during a traffic stop in downtown Minneapolis.
A screenshot of a police report shared by Collin said an officer stopped a vehicle in the 200 block of 11th Street South. The driver was cited for driving after cancellation and failing to provide proof of insurance before being released at the scene.
Police then impounded the vehicle.
During that process, officers discovered a firearm inside, according to the report.
Investigators subsequently tracked Abdi to the apartment where Omar’s son reportedly lives. Police later obtained and executed the search warrant there, with Collin reporting that additional guns and ammunition were recovered.
Minneapolis police said the investigation remains active.
The important distinction is that the search of a residence associated with Omar’s son does not, by itself, establish that he possessed the weapons or participated in any illegal activity. Authorities have not publicly identified him as a suspect in the information reported so far.
The person actually arrested in connection with the investigation was Abdi.
The Daily Mail, citing court records, reported that Abdi has accumulated 10 previous convictions, most involving misdemeanors.
The newspaper reported that he was previously convicted of speeding and driving while his license was revoked. It also said Abdi received a felony conviction in 2024 following an incident in which officers reported him driving at 108 mph in St. Paul.
The circumstances surrounding the firearm allegedly discovered during Tuesday’s vehicle impound, and any weapons reportedly recovered from the apartment, remain under investigation.
Police have not publicly detailed who owned the firearms found at the residence, who had access to them or precisely why investigators believed the apartment would contain evidence relevant to the case.
Those unanswered questions matter because of the political attention surrounding the location.