Alleged Coolidge Park shooter was out on bond for bringing knife to school

One of the men accused in the March 27 shootings at Coolidge Park that injured five people was out on bond for carrying a weapon on school property, records show.

Court records indicate Anthony Frieson, 18, had been arrested nearly a month earlier when school officials at Brainerd High School, where he is a student, found a knife in his jacket pocket.

He lied when confronted about the weapon, the arrest affidavit states, telling officials that he had been absent the previous day and simply had forgotten to remove the knife from his jacket.

Attendance records show Mr. Frieson was not absent that day, the affidavit states.