Eden Prairie High lockdown ends; 3 teens arrested

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Eden Prairie police placed Eden Prairie High School on hold, then a roughly 30-minute lockdown around 10:30 a.m. Friday after a rumor that a student brought a gun to campus. Three 16-year-old students were arrested; a firearm was recovered off campus with two of the teens, while a third was arrested at the school. Officials say no threats were made, the lockdown is lifted, and investigators are determining whether the gun was ever on school grounds.

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Eden Prairie has the third-largest Somali population in Minnesota, according to a University of Minnesota study. ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/)) ([EP Local News](https://www.eplocalnews.org/2025/12/03/eden-prairie-reviews-response-plans-amid-uncertainty-over-possible-ice-activity/))

Eden Prairie reviews response plans amid uncertainty over possible ICE activity — EP Local News

The Somali population in Eden Prairie is 2,408, representing 3.81% of the city's population in 2023. ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/)) ([Neilsberg Research](https://www.neilsberg.com/insights/lists/somali-population-in-minnesota-by-city/))

Somali Population in Minnesota by City : 2025 Ranking & Insights — Neilsberg Research

In 2023, the student population at Eden Prairie High School was 48.7% White, 18.8% Black, 15.0% Asian, 11.3% Hispanic, and 6.0% two or more races. ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840)) ([U.S. News & World Report](https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/minnesota/districts/eden-prairie-public-school-district/eden-prairie-senior-high-school-10840))

Eden Prairie Senior High School — U.S. News & World Report

In Minnesota in 2023, Black individuals accounted for 27% of all criminal arrests (31,045 out of 114,538). ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf)) ([Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension](https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2024/mandated/241258.pdf))

2023 Uniform Crime Report — Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Nationally in 2023, Black youth represented 56.3% of detained youth for Violent Crime Index offenses, White youth 16.2%, and Hispanic youth 23.0%. ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp)) ([Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)](https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/asp/Offense_Detained.asp))

Offense Profile of Detained Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity — Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

📌 Key Facts

Incident began around 10:30 a.m. Friday with a student rumor about a gun; school shifted from hold to lockdown
Three 16-year-old boys (students) were arrested; one had a gun off campus with a second arrestee
Lockdown lifted; no ongoing threat reported; district email says no threats were made and incident was not related to ICE

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December 12, 2025

7:42 PM

Eden Prairie High School lockdown ends with 3 teens arrested

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul by [email protected] (Madison Hunter)