Vance Luther Boelter, Minnesota
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Suspect's vehicle found in Sibley County as search intensifies for Vance Luther Boelter, wanted in connection with fatal shooting of Minnesota lawmakers in targeted attack.
Vance Luther Boelter, 57, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly killing a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker and her husband while posing as a police officer, Governor Tim Walz said.
After the shooting at the Hoffmans' home, Boelter visited a state representative's home in Maple Grove. However, that lawmaker was not at home. Acting US Attorney Joseph H Thompson said that Boelter allegedly went to the home of a state senator in New Hope.
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.
Authorities are investigating reports of "targeted shootings" in suburban Minneapolis in what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said was an "ongoing situation." The shootings were in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, two neighboring cities about 10 miles from downtown Minneapolis, Walz said Saturday morning.
In the ongoing manhunt for Vance Luther Boelter, the FBI has shared a new image of him at a Minnesota shooting victim's door.
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Authorities shared a photo of Vance Boelter in a cowboy hat that was taken from a business security camera Saturday in Minneapolis.
Prosecutors said the suspect, who faces federal murder charges in the attacks on two lawmakers, had visited the homes of two other politicians on his target list. A man accused of assassinating a Minnesota state lawmaker and shooting another will face federal murder charges,