July 09, 2026 3:18 PM ET Authorities warn “showboating” is driving the recent surge of Somali youth gang violence in urban Minnesota. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said in a livestream that several shootings over the 4th of July weekend were linked to Somali youth gangs, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported Tuesday. This comes amid a spike in Somali gang violence in the Minneapolis metro area over the years. (RELATED: City Officials Raise Somali Flag After Cancelling Independence Day Fireworks)“This last weekend, we were at Juice Time in Arden Hills. There were 300 Somali kids there and some of them were gangsters,” Fletcher said, according to the outlet. “We had a number of us law enforcement officers there that curtailed their activity, but two hours later, they were shooting someone in north