Sources say 2 Minnesota lawmakers have been shot
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A suspect is in custody following targeted shootings that left one Minnesota lawmaker dead and another injured. Gov. Tim Walz called the shootings "politically motivated" in a news briefing on Saturday.
Vance Boelter is accused of shooting Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and state Sen. John Hoffman in “politically motivated” attacks.
Court documents reveal new details before the manhunt for Vance Boelter, the leading suspect in a shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers.
Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. Boelter, 57, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder, according to the criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County Court on Saturday.
Officials say Vance Luther Boelter surrendered to police in a wooded area near his home. He faces multiple charges in a targeted attack on lawmakers.
Officials say Vance Luther Boelter surrendered to police in a wooded area near his home. He faces multiple charges in a targeted attack on lawmakers.
Authorities have taken the suspect into custody in the targeted shootings of Minnesota lawmakers Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman. Hortman and her husband were fatally shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning,
At a Sunday evening press conference, Drew Evans, superintendent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, said the search for Boelter remains a “very active investigation”
Boelter, 57, was arrested at about 9 p.m. June 15. He is accused of shooting the two Democratic state legislators and their spouses in the early morning hours of June 14. The Minnesota State Patrol took him into custody in rural Sibley County, roughly 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis.
A manhunt ended after a man suspected in the killing on Saturday of a state lawmaker and her husband was arrested on Sunday. Here is how the events unfolded.
Surveillance footage captured an attempted murder, according to charges unsealed Sunday: A man wearing a mask, a blue shirt and police-style tactical vest with a badge knocked on a door in Champlin and announced himself as a police officer. He then entered the house and shot Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.