Police Search Warrant Executed at Apartment of Ilhan Omar’s Son, Roommate Arrested on Weapons Charge

Breaking

Minneapolis Police executed a search warrant Tuesday night, August 26, at an apartment on Marquette Avenue where the son of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) lives, according to multiple law enforcement sources first reported by Minnesota outlet Alpha News. Journalist Liz Collin wrote that “multiple law enforcement sources say a search warrant was conducted Tuesday night on the apartment where Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s son lives in Minneapolis. Guns and ammunition were recovered from the scene,” a detail that spread quickly across national outlets including Fox News and the Washington Times. Commentator Benny Johnson, citing law enforcement sources, added that officers “arrested his roommate” during the operation.

The roommate has been identified as 22-year-old Abdulrahman Abdi, who was booked into Hennepin County Jail on a weapons charge. Abdi’s arrest traces to an earlier traffic stop the same day, when he was pulled over in the 200 block of 11th Street South for driving on a canceled license with no proof of insurance; officers found a firearm during an inventory search of the impounded vehicle. He was released from custody the following night.

Details & Background

Coverage of the identity of Omar’s son has been inconsistent across outlets. Fox News and several other reports identify him as Adnan Hirsi, while Benny Johnson’s widely shared post and a handful of other accounts refer to him as “Adnan Omar.” Rep. Omar’s ex-partner and the father of her children is Ahmed Hirsi, and her daughter is publicly known as Isra Hirsi, which makes Hirsi the more internally consistent surname — though no outlet has independently confirmed it against a police document, and this piece treats the name as unconfirmed pending an official record.

Reports describing guns and ammunition recovered from inside the apartment itself, beyond what was found in the impounded vehicle, remain sourced only to the unnamed law enforcement contacts relayed through Alpha News, not to any on-the-record police statement or filed report. No connection has been established between this incident and the unrelated, older “Feeding Our Future” federal fraud case that has also drawn scrutiny to Minnesota political figures in recent years — the two stories should not be conflated.

Reactions

Reaction so far has been driven almost entirely by conservative media figures and commentators rather than by officials. Alpha News’ Liz Collin was first to report the story publicly. Benny Johnson amplified it, writing that police “executed a search warrant Tuesday night at the apartment of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s son, Adnan Omar. Law enforcement sources say officers recovered guns and ammunition and arrested his roommate.” The story spread rapidly across social media through Wednesday.

On the official side, the response has been silence. A Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson “declined to comment” when reached by Fox News Digital, and the Daily Wire likewise reported that MPD “have not publicly confirmed” the apartment-search details, only the traffic-stop arrest itself. Neither Omar nor her son has issued any public statement, and her congressional office did not respond to reporters seeking comment as of Friday.

Why This Matters to You

This story is spreading fast on the strength of anonymous law-enforcement sourcing relayed by a single Minnesota outlet, not a police report or on-the-record confirmation — a distinction worth keeping in mind as details continue to circulate. What is confirmed: a search warrant was executed at the address where Omar’s son lives, his roommate was arrested on a weapons charge tied to a separate traffic stop, and a firearm was recovered from the impounded vehicle.

What remains unconfirmed: exactly what, if anything, was found inside the apartment itself, the full scope of the son’s involvement or exposure (he has not been arrested or charged with anything), and how Omar’s office will ultimately respond. Readers should expect more detail, or a formal police statement, in the days ahead as the story continues to develop.