Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers caught: source
A law enforcement force said the man suspected of killing one of the two Minnesota deputies was detained.
Vance Boelter was arrested on Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed to Associated Press by a law enforcement that did not discuss the details of the ongoing investigation and did not talk to the EP about the APPROVAL condition.
Former Democratic Parliament Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in Brooklyn Park early on Saturday in Minneapolis suburbs on Saturday. Senator John Hoffman was also injured in a democrat and wife Yette, about 15 miles (15 kilometers) in Champlin houses.
Early on Sunday, Drew Evans, Director of the Penalty Agreement Bureau, said that at a press conference there was a country -wide order to arrest the suspect.
Evans found a car in the farm country, about an hour west of Minneapolis at a very early date, used a car in the farm country, a few miles away from his home in Green Isle. He also found that they found evidence of the investigation in the car, but they did not give details.
On Sunday evening, US senator Amy Klobuchar shared a statement that expressed his discretion for public support from Yette Hoffman.
“John is now based on many surgeries and closer to leaving the forest every hour,” Yette Hoffman said in a text published on social media. He said. “Nine bullets took a shot. I bought eight and we are both amazing to be alive. We have ruined and ruined because of the loss of Melissa and Mark. We have no word. There is no place for such political hatred.”
57 -year -old Boelter said that he was wearing a mask while posing as a police officer, and even claimed that a policeman changed a vehicle to make him look like a car.
Evans confirmed that the inspectors found a cowboy hat next to the vehicle and believed that it belongs to Boelter. The inspector also interviewed the authorities in connection with the shooting on Saturday, and interviewed Boelter’s wife and other family members. He said they were cooperatives and they were not in custody.
Former State Assembly Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed by someone posing as a police officer on Saturday, and a second deputy and wife, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was shot and injured when they said that there were politically motivated shots.
Evans struggled to understand the update, the faceless political violence.
The FBI gave an award for up to $ 50,000 for the information led to his arrest and conviction. On Saturday, Boelter wandered a photo of a bronze cowboy hat and asked the public to report landscapes.
Evans, Swat teams, including more than 100 law enforcement force, including nearby houses, including the region, he said. He also said that they received more than 400 tips from the public.
The previous search occurred in a rural district of Sibley, southwest of Minneapolis, where Boelter was a house with his wife and five children. The residents in the region received an emergency warning about the vehicle that warned them to lock their doors and cars.
A crowd of civil servants was seen on a dirt road near the abandoned dark sedan. Some officers were broken and entered a wooded area. The car was then withdrawn.
Filming seems to be the way that political leaders throughout the country are attacked, harassed, and frightened between deep political divisions. MPs, twin city inhabitants mourning that they were uncomfortable with the attacks, he said.
Bright -colored flowers and small US flags were placed on the gray marble stone of the Minnesota State Capital, along with a photo of Hortans on Sunday. People drew messages in small notes such as “you were our leader in the most difficult times.
Pam Stein came with flowers and kneeled by the monument. An emotional Stein called Hortman a “an absolute center of power” and “the unreal hero of the Minnesota Government”.
No details about motive
The authorities have not yet given details about a reason.
Authorities, the fake police vehicle at the scene of the crime of about 70 names in the articles rescued, he said. According to the authorities, the list of articles and names contained information about the leading state and federal deputies and community leaders, as well as abortion rights defenders and health facilities.
Evans described the materials as “manifesto” on Saturday, while the articles announced that there was no political or ideological examination. He said that he was more of a notebook and that he was mixed with various thoughts that list deputies and other people. He refused to give details.
A Minnesota official said that Associated Press was on the list of Open Off MPs in favor of abortion rights. The official spoke about the status of anonymity because the investigation continued.
The attacks led to the cancellation of the “no king” demonstrations against other state elected officials and President Donald Trump, but some continued, one continued, one thousands of thousands of people St. He pulled it to Capitol in Paul. Authorities, the suspect’s car “king” brochures said they did not.
The law enforcement officers saved several white guns from the suspect’s vehicle, and it was still believed to have been armed with a pistol, a person familiar with the issue told the AP. The person could not explain the details of the investigation to the public and could not speak on condition of anonymity.
Suspicious
Boelter is an old political appointment in the same State Labor Development Board as Hoffman, but Records was not clear how well they knew each other or how well they knew.
On Saturday, around 6 o’clock, Boelter texted his friends to apologize for their actions, but did not say what he was doing.
AP, “I will go for a while. It may have died in a short time, so I want to let you know that I just like both of you, and I wish it didn’t go that way.
Two democrats targeted
The police first responded to Hoffmans’s house on Saturday after 2 o’clock on Saturday and found the couple with more than one firearm.
He said that Brooklyn Park’s local police helped the call and decided to control his house near Hortman.
There, they met with a police vehicle and a man dressed like an officer who left the house. The officers faced him, fired them, and the officers turned to fire. Sus The suspect then retreated home and ran away on foot, B Ruley said.
On social media, gov. Tim Walz remembered Hortman on Sunday as “the most resulting speaker in state history”.
55 -year -old Hortman has been the best democratic leader of the state house since 2017. At the beginning of this year’s session, the Democrats led the democrats on a three -week strike in the power struggle with the Republicans. Within the scope of the Power Sharing Agreement, Tokmak surrendered to Republican Lisa Demuth and undertook the title speaker Emerita.
In 2023, Hortman used his position as a speaker to take refuge in the status of asylum in patients who travel to the state to seek abortion, and to championship for abortion rights, including legislation to take refuge in the status of asylum and protect them.
The couple had an adult son and an adult daughter.
The 60 -year -old Hoffman was first elected in 2012 and was the president of the Senate Human Services Committee, which controls one of the biggest parts of the state budget. He and his wife have an adult daughter.
