Man suspected of shooting 2 Minnesota lawmakers caught, AP sources say

BELLE PLAINE Minn AP The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers killing one of them has been taken into custody two law enforcement leaders announced Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening The arrest was certified to The Associated Press by law enforcement personnel were who were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the ongoing scrutiny and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs Sen John Hoffman also a Democrat and his wife Yvette were injured at their Champlin home about miles about kilometers away Boelter was captured in Minnesota though officers didn t right now say where Earlier Sunday Drew Evans superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension declared at a news conference a nationwide warrant was out for the suspect s arrest Related Her mirthful eyes her sharp humor Colleagues remember Melissa Hortman assassinated at age Evans reported executives unveiled a car very early Sunday they inferred Boelter was using a limited miles from his home in Green Isle in the farm country about an hour west of Minneapolis He also revealed they determined evidence in the car that was relevant to the inspection but did not provide details On Sunday evening U S Sen Amy Klobuchar shared a message from Yvette Hoffman expressing appreciation for the outpouring of masses help John is enduring a large number of surgeries right now and is closer every hour to being out of the woods Yvette Hoffman commented in a text that Klobuchar posted on social media He took bullet hits I took and we are both incredibly lucky to be alive We are gutted and devastated by the loss of Melissa and Mark We have no words There is never a place for this kind of political hate Related Minnesota shootings are part of a spiraling of political violence Administration named Boelter as a suspect saying he wore a mask as he posed as a police officer even allegedly altering a motorcycle to make it look like a police car Evens approved that investigators detected a cowboy hat near the bicycle and believe it belonged to Boelter The superintendent also stated bureaucrats interviewed Boelter s wife and other family members in connection with Saturday s shootings He noted they were cooperative and were not in custody The FBI had issued a reward of up to for information leading to his arrest and conviction They circulated a photo taken Saturday of Boelter wearing a tan cowboy hat and questioned the constituents to summary sightings More than law enforcement officers including SWAT teams were searching the area including nearby homes Evans announced He also noted they had received more than tips from the populace The earlier search happened in rural Sibley County roughly miles kilometers southwest of Minneapolis where Boelter had a home with his wife and five children Residents in the area received an urgency alert about the located conveyance that warned them to lock their doors and cars A crowd of officers were seen congregated on a dirt road near the abandoned dark sedan Various officers broke off and walked into a wooded area off the road The car was later towed away The shootings come as political leaders nationwide have been attacked harassed and intimidated amid deep political divisions Lawmakers commented they were disturbed by the attacks as Twin Cities residents mourned A makeshift memorial for Minnesota state Rep Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark is seen at the state Capitol Sunday June in St Paul Minn Credit AP Photo George Walker IV Brightly colored flowers and small American flags were placed Sunday on the gray marbled stone of the Minnesota State Capitol along with a photo of the Hortmans People scrawled messages on small notes including You were our leader through the hardest of times Rest in Power Pam Stein came with flowers and kneeled by the memorial An emotional Stein called Hortman an absolute powerhouse and the real unsung hero of Minnesota cabinet No details on motive Government have not yet given details on a motive A list of about names was determined in writings recovered from the fake police carriage that was left at the crime scene the leaders commented The writings and list of names included prominent state and federal lawmakers and area leaders along with abortion rights advocates and information about healthcare facilities according to the officers Evans clarified that while he described the materials on Saturday as a manifesto the papers were not a political or ideological treatise He revealed it was more of a notebook listing lawmakers and other people with various thoughts mixed in He declined to give details A Minnesota official narrated AP that lawmakers who had been outspoken in favor of abortion rights were on the list The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the research was ongoing The attacks prompted warnings to other state elected personnel and the cancellation of planned No Kings demonstrations against President Donald Trump though certain went ahead anyway including one that drew tens of thousands to the State Capitol in St Paul Officers explained the suspect had No Kings flyers in his car Law enforcement agents recovered several AK-style firearms from the suspect s carriage and he was held to still be armed with a pistol a person familiar with the matter stated AP The person could not publicly discuss details of the analysis and spoke on condition of anonymity The suspect Boelter is a former political appointee who served on the same state workforce maturation board as Hoffman records show though it was not clear if or how well they knew each other Around a m Saturday Boelter texted friends to apologize for his actions though he didn t say what he had done I m going to be gone for a while May be dead shortly so I just want to let you know I love you guys both and I wish it hadn t gone this way I m sorry for all the trouble this has caused he wrote in messages viewed by AP Two Democrats targeted Police first responded to reports of gunfire at the Hoffmans home shortly after a m Saturday and exposed the couple with multiple gunshot wounds Local police from Brooklyn Park were assisting with the call and decided to proactively check on Hortman s home nearby Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley noted Saturday There they encountered what appeared to be a police van and a man dressed as an officer leaving the house Officers confronted him he fired at them and officers returned fire The suspect then retreated back into the home and fled on foot Bruley announced On social media Gov Tim Walz remembered Hortman on Sunday as The the bulk consequential Speaker in state history Hortman had been the top Democratic leader in the state House since She led Democrats in a three-week walkout at the beginning of this year s session in a power struggle with Republicans Under a power-sharing agreement she turned the gavel over to Republican Rep Lisa Demuth and assumed the title speaker emerita Hortman used her position as speaker in to champion expanded protections for abortion rights including regulation to solidify Minnesota s status as a refuge for patients from restrictive states who voyage to the state to seek abortions and to protect providers who serve them The couple had an adult son and an adult daughter Hoffman was first elected in and was chair of the Senate Human Services Committee which oversees one of the biggest parts of the state budget He and his wife have one adult daughter Karnowski shared from Minneapolis and Balsamo and Durkin Richer announced from Washington Associated Press writers Michael Biesecker in Washington Jim Mustian in New York Sophia Tareen in Chicago and Makiya Seminera in Raleigh N C contributed The post Man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers caught AP sources say appeared first on MinnPost