Shakopee Police announced Thursday afternoon they have made an arrest in connection to a fatal shooting during an Eid prayer service at Canterbury Park.
Authorities say the suspect was taken into custody just after 8:30 a.m. Thursday, and is being held in Scott County Jail pending charges. No additional information regarding the suspect or the arrest was made immediately available.
Khalid Abdi, 26, died hours after he was shot during the gathering at the Canterbury Park Expo Center on Wednesday morning. Abdi was a local union worker, and field representative for AFSCME Council 5.
“Our AFSCME Council 5 family is in mourning. It is with unimaginable sadness and heartbreak to share that we lost our union brother and AFSCME Council 5 Field Representative Khalid Abdi today, who was shot and killed while attending an Eid prayer gathering in Shakopee. It is so hard to believe and comes as an absolute shock to our hearts,” said Bart Andersen, Executive Director, AFSCME Council 5…