Trial for man charged in connection to fatal shooting outside of school pushed to November

Krystal Frasier KSTP

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UPDATE 11:30 a.m. – A trial which was previously scheduled to begin Monday for a man allegedly connected to a fatal shooting outside of a Richfield school earlier this year has been pushed back.

Online court records show the trial for 20-year-old Alfredo Solis will now begin Nov. 28, more than a month after it was initially scheduled to start.

The new trial date is the same date as the trial for Fernando Valdez-Alvarez – the other man allegedly involved in the shooting – is scheduled to begin, according to records.

Solis is charged with one count of intentional second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder. The shooting happened outside of the South Education Center in February, which killed 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and injured two other students.

Solis and Valdez-Alvarez then drove away from the scene. They were eventually arrested in Minneapolis.

INITIAL REPORT 7:45 a.m. – Court records show a Minneapolis man who is charged in his alleged connection to a deadly shooting outside of a Richfield school earlier this year is expected to have his trial begin Monday.

Mugshot for Alfredo Solis. Credit: Hennepin County Sheriff's Office

Alfredo Solis, 20, is charged with one count of intentional second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder.

Solis is one of two men who were arrested following a shooting outside the South Education Center in February, which killed 15-year-old Jahmari Rice and injured two other students.

Solis and the other suspect, Fernando Valdez-Alvarez, then drove away from the scene. They were both later arrested in Minneapolis. As previously reported, Valdez-Alvarez’s trial is scheduled to begin next month.

Monday’s court proceedings are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Check back for updates.