Adam Michael Franklin

On May 29, 2026, at 1910 hours, St. Paul police officers responded to 825 Seal, [APT REDACTED] on a report of a neighbor who fired a gunshot through his apartment door. MOM, [DOB REDACTED], was distraught. He stated that he lives in [APT REDACTED] He returned home, entered his apartment and closed the door. His neighbor in [APT REDACTED], later identified as Adam Michael Franklin, [DOB REDACTED], complained to him about slamming his apartment door. They had a verbal argument. MOM closed his door again and sat on his couch to watch TV. He heard a loud bang.

He investigated and saw a bullet hole in his door. He traced the bullet to his bedroom wall. Officers arrested Franklin, who was the only person in [APT REDACTED]. In a post-Miranda interview, Franklin stated that his gun accidentally went off when he was cleaning it. Officers found two live rounds in Franklin’s left front pocket. Officers obtained a search warrant and recovered two handguns, a Springfield Hellcat 9mm and a Smith & Wesson 9mm. The path of the bullet in [APT REDACTED] was through the door, across the front hallway, through the living room wall and into the bedroom.