Edina Man Suspected in Bow and Arrow Drive-By at Blake School

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on Monday issued a warrant for an Edina man suspected of shooting a bow and arrow at the front door, announced.

Police went to the school at 9:18 p.m. Friday in response to a shots-fired complaint, according to charging documents written by Police Sgt. Michael Glassberg. The janitor told police that he saw a man, later identified as 25-year-old Kirk Martin Rader, pull up in front of the middle school in a dark-colored BMW, shoot an arrow in the front door, retrieve the arrow and drive away.

Security footage corroborated the janitor’s account.

Officers found a broken piece of an arrowhead wedged inside the front door and a “wrench-like tool” wedged between the doorframes.

Rader’s name was written in marker on the tool.

Additional arrows were later recovered from some trees on school property, according to a Police Department news release.

The BMW’s registration traced back to Rader. When officers went to his home, they found the BMW and a bow lying in the backseat.

Prosecutors have charged Rader with possession of a dangerous weapon on school property, a felony with a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. He’s also been charged with fourth-degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

He is not in custody.