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Boelter is accused of the targeted shootings killing Melissa Hortman and her husband and injuring Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife.
Vance Boelter, the suspect in the assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota lawmakers, is reportedly in custody. Boelter is accused of the targeted shootings that killed Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and injured Minnesota State Senator John Hoffman and his wife early Saturday morning local time.
Dozens of Minnesota Democrats were on a target list written by the gunman who allegedly shot and killed a Minnesota state representative and her husband.
The “manifesto” of alleged Minnesota political assassin Vance Boelter lists a chilling who’s who of Minnesota lawmakers and abortion providers he may have had in his crosshairs.
State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were gunned down at their home early on Saturday morning, but survived. Melissa Hortman - the top Democratic legislator in the state House - and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed. Yvette Hoffman said in a statement that she and her husband John were "devastated" by the Hortmans' deaths.
Vance Boelter, named in multiple news reports as the accused shooter of Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, wrote on social media that he was the CEO of a company called "Red Lion Group."
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.