Minnesota Lawmaker Shootings Suspect
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Vance Boelter, 57, has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses. The Hennepin County Attorney said Monday that her office intends to pursue first-degree murder charges against him as well.
Live updates: Minnesota lawmaker shooting suspect to appear in court on murder charges after huge manhunt Almost 200 law enforcement — including members of 20 regional and local SWAT teams — descended on eastern Sibley County to apprehend suspect Vance Boelter.
The search for the Minnesota suspect has entered its second day. The FBI announced a widespread manhunt on Saturday evening, offering a reward of up to $50k for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Vance L.
The name suspected of shooting lawmakers in Minnesota was expected to make his first court appearance. Former senior FBI profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole says that authorities will be working to verify his past to help identify a motive.
The man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another went to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the shootings, intending to inflict more carnage against those on his hitlist, a federal prosecutor said Monday.
Vance Boelter, the man suspected of fatally shooting a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband Saturday, attended Christ For The Nations Institute in Dallas,
A Cincinnati congressman was among the officials identified by a man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers on June 14.
Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, and state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were wounded in politically motivated shootings early Saturday, Gov. Tim Walz said. Authorities have also identified a suspect who is still at large.
Boelter claimed to have a doctorate of education, and said he spent extensive time in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa — where he was seen in videos apparently preaching on stage.