Minnesota, Vance Boelter
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He wounded Sen. John Hoffman and his wife but didn’t come into contact with the two other DFL legislators, investigators say.
A federal prosecutor said Vance Boelter went to the homes of four politicians in a deadly rampage in Minnesota on Saturday.
Vance Luther Boelter, the man accused of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and injuring another couple, planned the attacks for months and had dozens of apparent targets, prosecutors said Monday.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) deleted a pair of highly controversial X posts making light of the targeted shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers.
Ohio Representative Greg Landsman's name was found by the FBI in evidence of Minnesota murder suspect Vance Boelter, leading to increased security for Landsman.
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.
A car allegedly belonging to Vance Boelter, the man suspected of shooting two Democratic lawmakers and their spouses over the weekend, has reportedly been discovered a day later and more than 50 miles away from where the tragedy took place in Minnesota.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said the deadly shooting of state Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband on Saturday was politically motivated, noting that there was some