Suspect in Minnesota DFL lawmaker shootings identified
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Minnesota authorities are searching for Vance Luther Boelter, the suspect in Minneapolis shootings that killed one state lawmaker and wounded another.
Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill were at each other‘s throats. By Saturday, they were joining to decry political violence and seek more security. The middle-of-the-night killing in Minnesota of a top Democratic state lawmaker and the shooting of a colleague—allegedly by a suspect posing as a police officer who had a list of other elected officials—jolted Capitol Hill,
According to the website for his company Praetorian Guard Security Services, Boelter is listed as director of security patrols.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect in the shootings of Minnesota state lawmakers.
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.
Two Minnesota state lawmakers were shot in their homes Saturday by an individual believed to be impersonating a police officer, multiple news outlets reported. Sources told the news outlets they are state Sen. John Hoffman and state Rep. Melissa Hortman. Both are Democrats from communities near Minneapolis.