Lawmaker on Minnesota shooting suspect’s list speaks out
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Authorities are searching for a man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers. Authorities have identified him as 57-year-old Vance Boelter, of Green Isle.
Former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed Saturday in a politically motivated shooting, according to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Earlier Saturday, Mayor Ryan Sabas of Champlin said state Sen.
The man suspected of shooting and killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and shooting and wounding a second lawmaker and his wife is due in court.
The man suspected of killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another is now charged with murder after police arrested him Sunday near his home after a nearly two-day search.
The gunman who killed a Democratic state lawmaker and injured another in Minnesota was apprehended late on Sunday night, a reporter for a ABC affiliate posted on X. (Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Tom Hogue) Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.