Minnesota lawmakers shot in suspected targeted attacks
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Boelter allegedly had firearms and a list of 45 elected officials in notebooks in his car, law enforcement said.
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The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, ending a nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
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
Vance Boelter was captured in a wooded area on Sunday night, and charged in the shootings of two state lawmakers and their spouses. He appeared in federal court after being charged with murder.
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were injured, in what officials called a targeted attack.
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Minnesota Democrat Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband have died after they were shot at their home in Brooklyn Park early Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference.
Thompson said Boelter then went to the home of a state representative in Maple Grove, where video surveillance showed he rang the doorbell at 2:24 a.m. This lawmaker was on vacation and not home, Thompson said,
Gov. Tim Walz called the event a “politically motivated assassination," with the attack marking the latest such incident over the last several years.