MINNEAPOLIS - Gophers running back Shannon Brooks will be released from jail and no charges will be filed in an alleged assault of his roommate over the weekend.
"The City Attorney’s Office has reviewed the case and will not be filing charges," reads a statement released Monday afternoon. "Mr. Brooks will be released this afternoon. There will be further investigation and pending the results of that investigation, a decision to file charges will be reviewed again."
Minneapolis Police spokesperson Sgt. Darcy Horn says MPD officers took Shannon Nicholas Brooks into custody Sunday morning at about 1:15 a.m. Brooks was arrested near the 600 block of 15th Ave. SE in Dinkytown on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic assault on a male roommate.
Hennepin County Jail records show Brooks was booked into the jail about an hour and a half after his arrest.
KARE 11 has reached out to the University of Minnesota's Athletic Department for comment but have not received a response.
Gophers head football coach P.J. Fleck announced in March Brooks will be out for the rest of the season due to a lower leg injury that required surgery. At the time, Fleck said Brooks is expected to return for the 2019 season.