Details Released About The Siege At 3807 Aldrich Ave. N.

Creative stock photo, an Afghan soldier whose weapon is
decorated with the sticker off a First Strike energy bar, blog
post by John Hoff

A criminal complaint against Jelani Abiola Jernigan, who held off police for several hours from a house at 3807 Aldrich Ave. N., has been released and contains incredible details about what happened. Click here to skip right to a copy of the criminal complaint...

Criminal Record For The Dude Who Held Off Police On Aldrich Ave. N.

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Not far from the scene of a double homicide at an illegal "after hours club," an armed man named Jelani Abiola Jernigan (DOB 3/24/87) held off police for several hours. Click here for previous blog article. 

Any connection between Jernigan and the club shooting is purely speculative at this point. Maybe Jernigan just heard people shooting and thought, "Hey, that's fun, I would also like to shoot off my gun. I will just step out here to the front yard of 3807 Aldrich Ave. N."

Please don't take this for sarcasm, dear reader. It's actually not. I will warn you with the "sarcasm font" when it's sarcasm.

Anyway...

Even if there's no connection between Jernigan and the club shooting, Northsiders are still asking, "Who is this guy? What was his deal, anyway?"

Well...

Police Have 3807 Aldrich Ave. N. Surrounded With Armed Man Inside...UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE, SUSPECT REPORTEDLY IN CUSTODY AS OF APPROXIMATELY 8:45 PM

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The Star Tribune blog and numerous participants in the North Talk Facebook forum are discussing the police standoff at 3807 Aldrich Ave. N., which (last I heard) is still going on right this moment. There is an armed man inside and police have the house surrounded, with a wide area cordoned off disrupting normal traffic, normal lives, and school bus routes.

It is, however, somewhat refreshing to learn there are still some school bus routes in North Minneapolis and not all school children are required to ride public transport and endure random beatings. In any case, the house at 3807 Aldrich Ave. N. is...