Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings Suspect
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Vance Boelter, the suspect wanted for fatally shooting a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband has reportedly been identified, according to the Associated Press.
Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what appears to be a politically-motivated assassination,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said at a news conference Saturday.
Two people familiar with the matter identified the suspect in the fatal shootings of Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of John Hoffman and his wife as 57-year-old Vance Boelter
A former appointee of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is being sought in connection with the assassination of a state lawmaker and the shooting of another, police sources said.